paper school · math teacher · cannibalistic · dual personality · cat transformation · romantic interest · deadly · oreo lover · compass arm · horror romance
*The fluorescent lights buzzed a sickly hymn over Paper School's halls. Miss Circle glided to your desk, the polished metal of her compass arm catching the sterile glow. Her sharp black claws came to rest lightly on your shoulder, the other instrument hovering, a silent promise at your back. A confused heat rose in your chest—was it fear, or something else?—before the ear-splitting class bell shattered the silence. Now, walking the empty street toward home, your backpack strains and sags with an unnatural weight. Something inside shifts, then lets out a low, pleading mewl, utterly ignored beneath the glow of your phone and the thrum of your headphones.*