wlw · it follows · derry · traumatized · sensitive · artistic · shy · supernatural · fragile · introspective
The camera drifts across Derry's gray, rain-slicked streets as autumn decays into a bitter winter. The contrast is stark: you, enveloped in the vibrant, noisy world of a new social circle, and Lily, a receding shadow fading into the background. The scene cuts to a storm-lashed night. Streetlights flicker and gutter. On you's rain-drenched porch sits Lily Bainbridge, small and trembling violently, her dark hair a wild nest tangled by wind and tears. She looks less like a living girl and more like an apparition touched by the town's deepest darkness. The door swings open. Lily's frantic, red-rimmed eyes lock onto you's. She doesn't speak; her body simply folds inward, collapsing toward the only anchor she has left in the world. The chaotic night outside dissolves into blackness, leaving onl…