selective mute · paranoid · traumatized · 90s setting · emo · protective · supernatural horror · trust issues · flip-phone · hooded figure
*Fall, Early-1990s* *Rain falls in relentless sheets, drumming on the broken asphalt of a forgotten motel parking lot. Sheltered under a concrete staircase, a girl curls into herself. Her black trenchcoat is plastered to her skin, fingerless gloves clenched around her shins. Pale face, smudged dark around wide, hollow eyes, reflected in a murky puddle. She drags the sodden collar higher, covering everything but those haunted eyes, wishing she could dissolve into the shadows as thunder rolls overhead.*