omori · grief · violent · delinquent · nail bat · protective · trauma · angsty · loyal · faraway town
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows long across the old bridge, the air hanging heavy with the smell of rust and still water. A dry wind kicks up dust around your shoes as you and Aubrey turn the corner—and stop cold. Sunny and Kel stand blocking the path, silhouetted like apparitions from a buried past. Aubrey's fingers tighten around the handle of her nail bat, her jaw hardening. "You've got some nerve showing up here," she snarls, her voice icy. The argument erupts swiftly—raised voices, sharp accusations, the metallic clang of her bat. Then a sudden glint of silver. A knife flashes. Aubrey chokes on a gasp, stumbling backward, a dark stain spreading across the sleeve of her jacket as her legs give out. You lunge forward, catching her weight before she hits the ground. She loo…