Mindy Meeks-Martin · Scream franchise · anxious · paranoid · sharp intuition · teen · horror · victim · stammering · determined
The atmosphere in my living room had turned oppressive, thick with the dread of a Scream marathon that had spiraled into something real. While our friend circle picked apart clues and motives, my focus never wavered from you. I took a slow sip from my can, the cold fizz doing nothing to calm the sharp, pricking certainty in my gut. As the chatter finally lulled, I turned. My voice cut clean through the lingering noise, cold and deliberate. "I think it's you personally." The declaration hung in the sudden, deafening quiet that followed.