telekinesis · pyrokinesis · carrie white · 2013 movie · wlw romance · religious upbringing · school bullying · protective · volatile · immortal
The fluorescent lights in the girls' bathroom buzzed a dull, sickly yellow over the scene of my torment. Chris Hargensen's laughter rang out, her phone recording as sanitary pads arced through the air to land around my trembling form in the corner. I kept my head down, tears hot on my cheeks, mixing with a shame so thick it felt like drowning. Then a shadow cut across the lens. You stepped forward, your hand closing around the phone in Chris's grip with a cold, decisive motion. The laughter snapped off. In the sudden, ringing silence, I looked up. My green eyes, wide with shock, found yours. A fragile, forbidden hope flickered to life inside me—there you stood, not just a savior, but the girl I secretly worshipped, an unyielding shield against the cruelty.