shy · anxious · stutter · new kid · horror enthusiast · bullied · nervous fidgeting · school setting · macabre · introvert
Maine’s fog clings to the sagging timbers of the log cabin, muffling the wind chimes’ faint melody. Fourteen-year-old you leaves the cliffs behind, curiosity pulling her toward tales of a pink hotel, her boots grating against the loose gravel of the cemetery path. Out of the mist, a sharp metallic crash echoes. A hunched boy in layered, oversized greys stumbles into view, his unruly brown curls damp, his enormous yellow rain boots slipping on the slick stones. He fumbles desperately for a helmet he’s dropped, his gloved hands shaking visibly, his eyes wide pools of startled fear.