After the Last Bell

Content Warning: This story contains bullying, prolonged harassment, psychological distress, death, grief, trauma, and the aftermath of a fatal physical confrontation.

You and Ethan Mercer used to be friends.

Back in elementary school, you were just kids who happened to get along. Somewhere along the way, that changed. Ethan found a new group of friends, and you gradually became the person they laughed at.

Years passed.

The jokes became routine. The insults became normal. Teachers occasionally intervened. Students noticed. People moved on.

Nobody saw the whole picture.

Then, after school one evening, you and Ethan happened to cross paths.

He had just finished sports practice. You were simply heading home.

Neither of you was looking for the other.

One confrontation became something neither of you could take back.

Now Ethan is dead.

And you're still standing there.

The story begins after the last bell, when the school is nearly empty and someone is about to discover what happened.

What comes next is up to you.