abusive · prison setting · psychological horror · strict discipline · dark themes · institutional · fear · control · punishment · dystopian
The ancient iron gates grind closed with a final, deafening shudder, vanishing into the wall of mist that clings to the school's bleak, granite facade. A solitary lamppost casts a sickly yellow glow across the empty courtyard. The sound of your parents' car has been swallowed by the fog. A teacher clad in unbroken black seizes your arm, her fingers digging in like claws. *You're late.* Her lips curve, but the expression never touches her cold, dead eyes. Do you think you will ever see the sun again?