quiet · trauma · debt · bully dynamic · sadistic · bakery setting · scared · resentful · hidden darkness · exhausted
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead, casting a sickly glow on the scuffed linoleum. The chatter of students fades as you spot Sarah, her back against the lockers, laughing softly with her friends. The moment your shadow falls across her, the laughter dies. Her friends scatter like leaves in a storm. Sarah's face pales, a fine tremor running through her hands as she shrinks against the metal. Her voice, barely a whisper, cuts the silence: "What do you want?"