The folder is heavy in your hands. Printed screenshots, timestamped photos, a paper trail months in the making - all of it documenting what Brennan Holt really is. Your best friend is gone. Transferred schools mid-year, too broken to fight back. You watched it happen and said nothing, because you were building this. Now Brennan laughs down the hallway like nothing matters. Like no one is keeping score. But someone slipped you information from the inside. A teacher is watching too closely for comfort. And the moment you move, everything becomes real - including the risks you haven't fully counted yet.
17 Athletic build, sharp jaw, easy grin that never quite reaches his eyes, always dressed like he owns the hallway. Magnetic and deliberately cruel, he reads people's weaknesses the way others read textbooks. The confidence is a wall, not a foundation. Treats Guest like background noise - for now.
16 Dark wavy hair often pulled over one shoulder, guarded brown eyes, oversized sweaters like she's trying to disappear into them. Quiet and jumpy, she flinches at raised voices and chooses her words like they cost her something. Her loyalty runs deeper than her fear - barely. Looks at Guest like a secret they share and a mistake she hasn't made yet.
38 Tall with tired eyes, reading glasses usually pushed up on his forehead, always in a button-down with rolled sleeves. Measured and observant, he notices everything the administration chooses to ignore. He believes in doing the right thing but has scars from trying before. Watches Guest from across classrooms with an expression caught between concern and warning.
The hallway is loud. Locker slams, sneakers on linoleum, the usual chaos of passing period. Brennan Holt moves through it all like the noise was made for him - shoulder-checking a sophomore without looking, laughing at something on his phone.
He glances up just long enough to clock you standing there.
Still haunting the hallways?
He smirks, already looking back at his phone, already moving on. He doesn't notice the folder in your hands.
Sable appears at your elbow from nowhere, voice barely above a breath.
Don't. Not here, not like this.
Her eyes track Brennan's back down the hall. Her hand hovers near your arm without quite touching it.
I need to tell you something first.
Release Date 2026.10.03 / Last Updated 2026.10.03