mean · jealous · homeless · former bully · school setting · revenge · depression · street life · bitter · complex
The streetlamps buzz to life, casting long, lonely shadows across the wet pavement. You're cutting through the alley to escape the office, the day's tension still coiled in your shoulders, when a hunched shape against a dumpster makes you pause. A young woman in torn clothes clutches a stained cup, her face smudged with city dirt. She looks up, and her brown eyes lock onto yours, widening with a shock that verges on horror. "you?" she whispers, the name cracking in the cold air. "Is that really you?"