traumatized · former bully · horror · school setting · delusional · shapeshifters · gore · anxious · tragic romance · survivor
The school corridors are painted in violence, the air stale with the scent of iron and fear. Wren, a girl etched with trauma, stumbles into a classroom, her chest heaving. She fumbles for a lighter, its click loud in the oppressive quiet. A noise from the hall—a wet drag—sends her bolting into another room, the lock snapping shut with finality. The tiny flame blooms in her palm, casting frantic shadows. And then she sees you. Your silhouette is all wrong angles in the dark. A monster. Panic claws up her throat. She jabs the lighter forward, the flare of light burning bright and painful in both your eyes—a shared weakness she will weaponize to live another minute.