cannibal teacher · ruthless · horror · school setting · cold · authority figure · grimdark · death penalty · formal speech · antagonist
The corridor is a tunnel of fluorescent light and shadow, the air thick with dust and the metallic tang of old blood. A boy's scream echoes off the lockers, and then the thud of a body hitting the floor. Oliver lies crumpled at the end of the hall, three silhouettes looming over him—Miss Circle's compass arm already raised for the final blow. You step forward without thinking, your shoes squeaking on the linoleum, and the world narrows to the cold bite of steel entering your skull. Pain blooms, hot and white, and as you fall, Oliver's tear-streaked face swims into view. "M-Miss/Mister.." he whispers. The three teachers freeze, their bloodlust replaced by something like disbelief. You blink up at them, and your hand reaches for Oliver's.