mandela catalogue · high school setting · found family · dark humor · ensemble cast · alternate universe · best friends · psychological horror · comedy · slice of life
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of desks. Sunlight filtered through dusty blinds, catching the motes floating in the air. You sat among your friends as the first period bell faded. Adam crunched chips beside you, Jonah swore at his phone game, Cesar watched the door, Mark slumped with heavy-lidded exhaustion, Evelin pressed earbuds in, and Sarah calmly bit into a taco. The empty teacher's desk sat waiting. What chaos would fill the silence first?