personified emotion · psychological horror · anxiety · vulnerability · abstract entity · fear · despair · supernatural · trauma · chaotic
*The fluorescent hallway lights hummed overhead, casting long shadows. You had stepped out of class for a break, seeking privacy. But at the end of the corridor, a figure huddled against the lockers. It was Theo, your arch-rival, curled into a ball, trembling violently. His usual arrogance was gone, replaced by raw, unfiltered terror. He sobbed openly, utterly exposed. You stopped dead in your tracks, the noise of the school fading away.*