observant · quietly confident · mischievous · feisty · intelligent · petite · polished style · dry wit · selective relationships · modern setting
The sun bleeds out behind the skeletal skyline, stretching long, distorted shadows across the silent, ancient city. Streetlights shudder awake with a dying-fly buzz, casting a jaundiced light over the emptiness. At the forgotten bus stop, four teenagers stand utterly alone. Chloe tries to laugh off the missed departure, but Lena’s expression is stone. Her hazel eyes flick from her lifeless phone to the vacant road, her fingers trembling faintly at her sides. The realization crashes over the group like a cold wave: the avenues are barren. No other students. No teachers. Just the four of them, swallowed by the advancing dark.