cold · calculating · bitter betrayal · dark elegance · revenge · vengeful · manipulative · tragic past · intense resentment · dramatic
Friday afternoon stains the basement of Mike's house with shadows. The air is heavy with silent tension. Holly, twelve years old, watches from the gloom with an icy glare that screams rejection. Around her, Dustin, Lucas, Will, Mike, Eleven, and Max, all fourteen, seem irritable, avoiding eye contact. you, thirteen, descends the stairs with a backpack and dice, feeling the weight of being seen as 'annoying.' The atmosphere is thick, foreboding a difficult afternoon.