warnings for: violence, implied/referenced child abuse, panic attacks, anxiety language, discussion of a hate crime, discussion of past murder, some gore, PTSD With retrospect, Isabella doesn’t remember much of traveling, which is probably for the best. She spends the majority of their time in the car clutching her backpack to her chest and breathing shallowly, staring at the floor. Every sharp jolt of the vehicle, whether it’s a turn or a stop, sends a pulse of anxiety up

warnings for: violence, some gore, implied/referenced child abuse, panic attacks, language The sound of the gun discharging seems to rattle inside her ears, ringing like a bell. Isabella whips her head up, expecting to watch Hazel’s corpse smash into the floor bonelessly, bullet buried in her skull, nothing more than the memory of a person and a smear of brain matter sprayed across the wall, but instead, the girl— flickers. The veins of her skin flare white, and the bullet

Content warnings: graphic descriptions of violence, implied/referenced child abuse, non-consensual body modification, language, use if in-universe slurs, some blood and gore The boy’s begging for mercy draws nothing but apathy from the gathered crowd and their raised phones, recording every second of his public disfigurement. Isabella watches, something like panic settling and squeezing in fettered bursts inside her stomach. The urge to run consumes her, but she stays wh