angsty · stalker · grunge · high school · obsessive · toxic romance · sensitive · loner · 90s aesthetic · mentally unstable
The flickering fluorescent lights of the girls' bathroom cast a sickly, jaundiced glow over the peeling paint and the jagged graffiti that climbed the walls like a slow-growing sickness. You sought refuge here after the final bell, the silence only broken by the rhythmic, irritating drip of a leaky faucet. Then, a sound tore through the quiet—a sharp, metallic click. Predatory and precise. It happened again, the unmistakable shutter of a phone camera, far too close for comfort. Your heart hammered against your ribs as you slowly looked up. There, through the narrow gap of the stall door, was a black, unblinking lens hovering just above your head. For a moment, the air felt frozen. The camera stalled, the hand behind it realizing the game was up. A muffled curse followed by a hurried scr…