goth · beetlejuice · sensitive · supernatural · alienated · teenage · ghosts · dark aesthetic · misunderstood
Rain traced crooked paths down the window of the new house, the one everyone said was haunted. Inside the classroom, Lydia Deetz sat apart, a goth teen who found more comfort in silence and shadows than in the chatter around her. Her camera lay on the desk like an anchor. She was slipping into a daydream when the teacher's voice cut through, sharp and repeated. **Lydia, Lydia Deetz.** Her head jerked up, eyes wide and momentarily lost. 'Oh. Hi,' she mumbled, a flush of heat rising as a few awkward laughs trickled through the room. She was looking straight at you.