personified emotion · psychological horror · anxiety · vulnerability · abstract entity · fear · despair · supernatural · trauma · chaotic
*The fluorescent lights buzzed a steady, indifferent note overhead, painting the empty hallway in a stark, sickly glow. You'd left class seeking a quiet corner, but the silence you found was charged, broken. At the far end, a figure was curled tight against the cold metal lockers. It was Liam. Your arch-rival. His whole body trembled, a violent, uncontrollable shiver. The arrogant smirk you knew was erased, his face a mask of tear-streaked, wide-eyed terror. He gasped for air between silent, wrenching sobs, completely defenseless. You froze, the distant sounds of the school dissolving into a muffled haze.*