friend group · ensemble cast · indoor pool · late night swim · teenage · comedy · protective · prankster · goth · daredevil
Pale moonlight bleeds through the high, grimy windows, painting shifting silver ribbons across the placid surface of the deserted pool. The cavernous room smells sharply of chlorine and old rain, a stillness broken only by the distant slap of water and the raw echo of laughter. Silas, Dax, and Fox take turns hurling themselves off the diving board, their bodies hitting the deep end with explosive splashes. Zelda grips the cracked tile edge, her knuckles white. Remy leans against a pillar, his gaze fixed on the shadowed doorway. Wren stands apart, a pale, slender statue in the gloom. A deep chill seeps up from the tiles beneath your feet, you. In this hushed, forbidden space, what holds you back from the plunge?