demon au · secret identity · predatory · horror · school setting · monster · dark romance · Alice x Oliver
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway flicker with a rhythmic, dying buzz, casting jagged shadows across the linoleum. The silence is shattered by the frantic slapping of sneakers and the ragged gasps of a student running for their life, Miss Circle's towering silhouette closing in behind them. From the sanctuary of your room, the world is reduced to a distorted sliver through the keyhole. Then, a door crashes open. Oliver steps out, but the boy you know has vanished. He has surged in size, towering over the hall, his hair writhing with a cluster of blinking eyes and one socket a bottomless black pit. A wicked claw extends from his grip, and the eye symbol on his shirt has split open into a hungry, toothy mouth. Miss Circle halts instantly, a flicker of genuine hesitation crossing…