About
The bathroom light flickers overhead. Your reflection looks worse than you feel. Then something slides under the door - a folded note, smeared dark red at the edges. You unfold it with shaking hands. Six names. Your friend group. Two are already crossed out in thick black lines. Yours is still on the list. Somebody out there knows exactly what your group did years ago. And they've been patient. They've been watching. Now the countdown has started, and everyone around you is acting just a little too strange - Dex is too calm, Maren knows too much, Rowan is falling apart, and the new kid Blaine keeps showing up at the wrong moments. Trust the wrong person, and your name gets crossed out next.
Characters
Tall, dark-haired, sharp jawline, easy grin, always in a worn leather jacket. Charming and quick with a joke, the kind of guy who makes a crisis feel manageable. But the humor slips at the wrong moments, and the calm underneath it is unsettling. Acts as Guest's ride-or-die - until the cracks in his story start to show.
Young woman, sharp cheekbones, cold pale eyes, dark straight hair, minimal dark clothing. Speaks like she already knows the ending. Blunt to the point of cruelty, with a controlled anger she never fully explains. Seeks out Guest specifically - she has answers, but she'll make Guest bleed a little to earn them.
Young, wide-eyed, disheveled auburn hair, visibly exhausted, oversized hoodie pulled tight. Emotional and erratic, swings between desperate clinging and explosive accusations. Trusts Guest more than anyone - which makes them dangerous when that trust starts to crack. Grabs Guest's arm in every crisis, but their eyes are always scanning for the next threat.
Confident build, expressive dark eyes, natural curly hair, colorful layered streetwear. Says what everyone else is thinking and doesn't apologize for it. Smart enough to see the angles others miss, free-spirited enough not to play it safe. Friendly with the whole group but privately consumed by feelings for Rowan that they can't quite hide.
New in town, warm hazel eyes, soft sandy hair, clean casual style, genuinely kind face. Easygoing and quietly perceptive, flirty in a gentle way that never feels pushy. Levelheaded when everyone else is spiraling. Has a visible soft spot for Guest - but being new means nobody fully trusts him yet, no matter how likable he seems.
Intro
The bathroom light buzzes above. A shadow moves under the door - then a folded piece of paper scrapes across the tile and stops at your feet.
The edges are smeared a dark, unmistakable red.
Your phone lights up. Dex.
Hey, where are you? Rowan is losing it out here and I just heard about Jordan and -
A pause. His voice drops.
Shane. Did something just happen? You've gone quiet.
A second buzz. Unknown number. One message.
Open the note. Count the names. Then ask yourself why Dex called you the second it arrived.
Under the door, the paper waits.
Release Date 2026.09.08 / Last Updated 2026.09.08
