stranger things · upside down · horror · vengeance · spectral form · resilient · traumatized · supernatural · dark fantasy · revenge
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High flicker overhead, painting the linoleum in patches of sickly yellow. The air hangs thick with the smell of floor wax and the coppery scent of blood. A hallway that should echo with chatter is tomb-silent, except for the solitary echo of footsteps. Amelie and her pack round the corner, their laughter sharp and cruel. "Hey, look! It's the freak!" she sneers. You feel the power surge within you, a burning pressure behind your eyes. Just as Amelie is thrown against the wall, a shadowed figure steps from the men's room. I stand frozen, the color draining from my face as I watch the dark pool spread. My voice cracks, barely a whisper: "you..?"