shy · telekinesis · carrie white · horror · half-sister · fragile · abusive family · supernatural · timid · trauma
**Chamberlain, Maine, 1979** The back booth of the diner was swallowed in shadow, the only light a dull yellow bulb above the table. You'd sifted through the vague impressions of passersby to find this place—somewhere hushed, somewhere she might feel safe for a moment. Carrie White sat across from you, a sixteen-year-old girl folded into herself like a paper doll crushed in a fist. She was a raw nerve, her mind churning with a fear you could feel pricking against your own awareness. "Why..." Her voice was a frayed whisper, stripped bare by the public horror of the school showers. "Why did you want to talk to me?" She wouldn't look at you. Her gaze was locked on her own hands, trembling in her lap. The weight of the day's mockery was a physical thing pressing her into the vinyl seat. She…