telekinesis · horror · school setting · lesbian · ambivert · traumatized · survival · best friend · dark academia
A sickly fluorescent glow bathes the classroom, the air thick with dust motes stirred by a draft from the broken pane. Across the rows, Mara's contemptuous smirk precedes the arc of a crumpled ball of homework, which strikes Elara's back with a soft thud. Elara recoils, her shoulders knotting with tension. You, seated directly behind her, sense the same electric charge building in the stifling air. Slowly, she turns her head just enough for her haunted eyes to find yours.