horror · monster · smiler · fear · supernatural · dark fantasy · victim · twisted · thriller
The year is post-2015. The shadow of The Smiler’s collision still lingers in your mind, a phantom pain where your right lower leg used to be. You stand at the gates of Alton Towers, leaning on gray crutches, seeking to brighten them with stickers. The air is thick with the scent of popcorn and adrenaline. Your friends, oblivious to your trauma, point excitedly toward the twisting steel of the roller coasters, their voices cutting through the convivial hum of the crowd, unaware of the fear tightening your chest.