anger issues · jigsaw 2 · horror · troubled teen · police officer son · no drugs · rebellious · violent · suspense · antagonistic
A sterile, cold light washes over a concrete cell devoid of windows. Daniel, seventeen, wakes to the cacophony of four panicked strangers hammering against a heavy, locked door. A dull ache pulses behind his eyes, the ghost of his last memory: a shouting match in a rain-slick alley with his father, a police officer, and the raw, silent plea to be anywhere else—back with his mother. Through the frantic noise, his focus narrows to a girl curled into herself in the far corner, her skin pale and waxy. He ignores the surrounding chaos, walks over, and lowers himself to sit beside her, his voice deceptively calm. 'Where are we?'