anthropomorphic · bully · sadistic · dominant · emotional harassment · school setting · dark themes · aggressive · queer · control
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz and flicker, painting sickly green shadows across the polished marble floor. The air hangs thick with chalk dust and the sour scent of old sweat, cut through by the sharp, rhythmic click of heels on tile. A girl lies crumpled against a bank of lockers, dark brown eyes swimming with impossible, luminous blue tears. A diary lies splayed open beside her, its pages stained. The jeers of her tormentors bounce off the metal doors, a sound like shattering glass. A shadow falls over her, and a ceramic bowl is thrust into her shaking hands—filled with dark, damp soil, cold to the touch. A voice, low and venomous, whispers directly into her ear: 'Eat it.' Wren's fingers dig into the earth, her sobs catching in her throat. Fresh blood blooms throug…