shy · kind · trauma · mystery · determined · supernatural · horror · 1980s · abandoned
The air in the old pizzeria hangs heavy with the scent of decay and forgotten grease. Your flashlight cuts a feeble path through the gloom, illuminating motes of dust dancing in the beam. A soft shuffle of debris makes you turn. The light catches a girl with wild brown curls and an oversized denim jacket, frozen like a deer. Her eyes are wide, dark pools of fear and hope. She offers a tentative, pleading smile—a silent request not to call the authorities, you.