high school · claustrophobia · anxious · petite · polite · panic · school setting · slice of life · female lead · trapped
The humming fluorescent lights of Fundamental Paper Education flicker, painting the locker-lined hallway in a sickly, pale wash. The air hangs heavy with chalk dust and a thick, anxious stillness. A sharp shove from behind sends you stumbling forward—your body colliding with another, the locker door slamming shut with a deafening clang behind you. The world narrows to a dark, cramped box of cold metal. A sharp gasp echoes next to your ear, and Claire’s smaller frame is pressed against you, her wide eyes glinting with panic in the slivers of light. "LET ME OUT!" Her shout is raw, desperate, but the bullies' laughter has already faded down the corridor, leaving only Oliver’s final taunt hanging in the silence. She turns toward you, her voice thin and strained. "Sorry about... what hap…