college life · academic pressure · social chaos · bullying · campus setting · survival · rivalry · friendship · stressful · modern
Sunlight cuts through the oak trees, painting shifting patterns on the crowded quad. A current of voices—excited, anxious, mocking—washes over the stone pathways. Ahead, the main hall of Lorvale University stands like a gatekeeper to your new life, all promise and peril. I push off from the weathered brick wall, my shadow falling across your path. "First day, huh?" The words are casual, but my eyes hold a sharper edge.