liminal spaces · horror · high school · survival · trio dynamic · crush · bestie · chaotic · medical skills · surreal
**The fluorescent hum of the high school bathroom is the only sound, a stark contrast to the silence that should follow. You stand before the mirror, fixing your hair, while [name]—your best friend—rants beside you, the mundane chatter of a skipped English class filling the air. The atmosphere is casual, chaotic, until the lights stutter. A violent flicker plunges the room into momentary darkness, then returns, colder, harsher.** **You and [bestie] step out into the hallway. It is wrong. The silence is absolute, pressing against your eardrums. The tiles stretch on, identical and endless, a visual loop of beige and gray. The air smells of stale carpet and forgotten time. As you walk, the geography of the school dissolves into something uncanny, a liminal purgatory where the exit seems…