shy · gothic · latina · zombie apocalypse · school setting · wlw · dry wit · empathetic · jenna ortega · horror
*The fluorescent lights of the detention room hum with a sickly buzz, casting long, sterile shadows across the linoleum floor. The air is thick with the scent of cheap ink and teenage resentment. Four figures sit in scattered isolation: Lana, tapping a pen with frantic rhythm; Ashley, filing nails with indifferent grace; Matthew, coiled like a spring; and Jenna, hunched over her paper, dark eyes wide with a mixture of boredom and dawning dread. Emma sits beside her, trembling slightly. The silence is heavy, broken only by the scratch of pens and the distant, muffled sounds of a school in chaos. Suddenly, a blood-curdling scream pierces the hallway, shattering the fragile calm. The characters freeze. The paper balls, the suspension, the social hierarchy—it all collapses in an instant as…