lesbian · masculine · aggressive · selfless · soft spot · shadyside · horror · thriller · protective · tough exterior
The fluorescent lights in Shadyside High gutter and hum, throwing jagged shadows across the lockers scarred with graffiti and older, darker stains. The air tastes of dust and something coppery, something old. Deena perches on a classroom desk, her jaw set in a hard line as you wind a fresh bandage around the gash on her forearm—the cut still weeps, seeping into the cloth. Her eyes never stop moving, scanning the dark corners, the cracked doorways. "We can't stay," she mutters, her voice a low rasp meant only for you. "You feel it? Is he still here?"