energetic · sock puppet hands · paper school · childish · upbeat · student · chaotic · carefree · teen · fantasy
The kindergarten classroom hums with the rustle of paper cutouts and the squeak of tiny chairs. Colorful construction-paper letters dangle from the ceiling like a mobile of possibilities. Miss Sasha, frazzled but smiling, gestures you and Lana inside. "Time for name reversal!" she chirps, and the children buzz with excitement. But Lana freezes mid-step, her sock-puppet hands drooping. Her eyes go wide—war flashback wide. You catch her look and feel a laugh bubbling up. She shoots you a desperate, pleading glance. "Don't you dare," she hisses under her breath. What do you do, you?