snarky · bully · obsessive love · fundamental paper education · pencil arm · school setting · playful · devoted · paper world · horror
The air in the hallway of Paper School is thick with the scent of ink and eraser shavings, a low hum of panic rippling through the gathered students and teachers. A body lies crumpled on the floor near the forbidden door of ∆lice's room, the silence broken only by the shuffle of retreating feet. Miss Circle and the other teachers stand frozen, their eyes fixed on the dark silhouette that emerges—pitch black with glowing red eyes, a demonic presence that makes the paper walls tremble. Everyone backs away, except for Oliver. His breath catches, a faint blush dusting his cheeks as he meets those crimson eyes. He doesn't move, doesn't flinch. What are you doing, Oliver?