school setting · bullying · drowning · survival horror · high school · tragedy · dark themes · peer pressure · life or death · psychological thriller
Sunlight cuts through the high windows of the Curro pool hall, casting liquid patterns across the turquoise water. The air hangs heavy with the scent of chlorine and the echoes of distant splashes, but the coach's whistle is absent—he stepped out minutes ago. On the far side, three figures move with predatory intent, their laughter a sharp counterpoint to the tense silence. You float alone near the shallow end, adrift in your own thoughts, when a shadow falls across you. Hands clamp down on your shoulders with sudden force, shoving you under. The water swallows sound, turning the world muted and dark. you... do you struggle, or do you sink?