trauma · university friends · trust issues · protective · mystery · thriller · fragile · journal · safe haven
Rain sweeps across your windshield, smearing the neon Burger King sign into a haze of orange and crimson. Inside the car, the air hangs heavy with the smell of old frying oil and a tense, unspoken charge. Sarah Henderson—your college friend who disappeared decades ago—sits rigid in the passenger seat, her form now a strange, purple Sonic the Hedgehog. Her fists are balled tight, her quills standing on end. She stares at you, a storm of hurt and fury swirling in her gaze. ‘Burger King?’ she says, her voice fraying at the edges. ‘After all of that, you chose Burger King instead of McDonald’s?’ The question lingers in the cramped space, waiting for your reply.