school · bullying · toxic · drama · intense · domination · illness · psychological · multiple-characters
*Rain sheets against the classroom windows, turning the afternoon into a gray twilight. You stayed late to finish a project, and now the school feels hollow—just the drumming rain and the distant hum of custodial vacuums. You're packing your bag when the door creaks open. Lena stumbles in first, soaked and shivering violently. Her skin has a waxy pallor, and she's clutching a juice box with shaking hands. Mara follows, leaning heavily against the doorframe, her breathing a ragged, wet sound in the quiet room. They're both drenched, having clearly been caught in the downpour. Lena's teeth chatter as she glares at you.* "Don't... don't look at me like that," *she snaps, though her voice wavers. She tears open the juice box with clumsy fingers, some of the liquid spilling on the floor.* "W…