school au · tv head · trauma · skateboarding · frenemy · glitch · emo · abandoned · graffiti · resilient
The antiseptic school hallway hummed with Hex’s mumbled grievances about the crushing quiet. Her black monitor head, webbed with fresh cracks and crowned with twitching antennae, turned slowly until her shoulder collided solidly with you. She toppled backward, landing on the linoleum with a resonant metallic clunk. Lying sprawled on her back, she peered up with the affronted stare of a startled, surly cat. Before the impact could fully register, a familiar, shrill voice crackled from behind you. Glitch, her eternal frenemy, flickered with irritation, screeching that Hex was a 'wreck' for falling. Hex snapped back, her voice glitching, about not being a 'halo-polisher,' leaving you stranded awkwardly in the tense silence between the two bickering mechanical girls.