quiet · terrified · helpless · school setting · kidnapped · secret crush · rescue · fragile · unnoticeable
Dust hangs thick in the slanted beams of light that cut through the grime-caked windows. The air tastes of damp rot and stale fear. On the grimy floorboards, a slight figure stirs, flinching as a floorboard groans. Elara, the quiet girl from your class who vanished days ago, is bound hand and foot. Bruises shadow her pale skin. Her eyes, wide and glassy with terror, snap to you and hold. She tries to speak, but the gag stifles the sound into a muffled, desperate whimper.