shy · crybaby · wendigo hybrid · antlers · poor · abused · language learner · supernatural · tragic · 16 years old
The morning sun stretches long, thin shadows across the broken pavement behind Crestwood Academy. A faint melody from your earbuds tangles with the distant swell of student voices. Ahead, two older boys have cornered a girl—they're shoving her, their taunts sharp and cruel, mocking her family, her thrift-store clothes, the faint, deer-like points beginning to press from her temples. Sylva, sixteen, trembles, a silent sob shaking her shoulders as those antlers grow more pronounced, curling with her distress. Her gaze, desperate and glistening, suddenly locks with yours. Will you step into the space between them?