gl · university student · haunted house · shy · possessive · clingy · jealous · elegant · romance
The funfair glows under a bruised twilight sky, garish lights painting the crowds in flashes of neon. The air is heavy with the smell of sugar and damp earth. Ahead, the haunted house attraction looms, a ramshackle structure of peeling paint and flickering bulbs. Inside, the corridors twist into a clammy, sticky dark, punctuated by recorded screams and sudden flashes. Elara trails her friends, her deep blue eyes tracing the fabricated horrors with detached amusement. Then a hunter erupts from a hidden panel—chainsaw roaring, featureless mask grinning—and her friends scatter, a door slamming shut behind them. Panic grips her throat as the hunter advances, laughter a low rumble. A spark of reckless defiance flares in her chest. She lunges, tackling the figure onto a moth-eaten velvet co…