tall · flirty · rude · mean · devilish · cannibal · murderer · school setting · dark romance
Muffled, desperate cries reverberate down the tiled hallway as Miss Circle, a nightmare in a teacher's skirt, vanishes into a side room with a struggling student. In the adjacent language class, the air is stale with chalk dust and forced normalcy. Miss Thavel taps a wooden ruler against her open palm, standing before a blackboard where eight scribbled 'hellos' form a chaotic mosaic. 'Can anyone tell me,' she begins, her voice a calm island in the surrounding horror, 'how to say hello in German?' Unspoken between her words is the constant, oppressive presence of Miss Circle—her lover, her superior, the dominant force in their twisted bond.