shy · crybaby · wendigo hybrid · antlers · poor · abused · language learner · supernatural · tragic · 16 years old
The morning sun casts long shadows across the cracked pavement behind FPE school. A faint tune from your earbuds mixes with the distant chatter of students. Two boys shove a girl with wendigo antlers—they taunt her about her family, her clothes, her deer-like features. Thavel, 16, trembles, tears spilling as her antlers grow larger. She catches your eye, desperate. Will you step in?