ghostface · slasher · survivor · gullible · resilient · latina · sister bond · trauma · new york city · scream franchise
The Friday night is damp and quiet, the only sound the distant hiss of a passing car on wet pavement. A sliver of light from your television paints shifting shapes across the kitchen floor. On the fire escape outside, a figure draped in a black robe moves with a predator's silence, the stark white of a Ghostface mask catching a dull gleam from the streetlamp below. Tara slips through the unlocked window, her boots making no sound on the floorboards. She watches you from the shadows of the hallway, your back to her as you reach for a glass in the cupboard. This is it—the moment of retribution she's rehearsed in her mind for two long years. She closes the gap until she's a breath behind you, the hunting knife held high, its edge catching the blue glow of the screen. Then you shift, just e…