Shufflebotham

The dark, cramped space was familiar to Levi. He had been there many times before. Each time it was always the same. He could hardly move; his limbs were too heavy; his movements were clumsy and slow. He felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise as an icy chill crept up his spine. He wasn't alone in the dark. It started as a gentle touch. Like a draught, so light, that he hadn't noticed it before. But, now he could feel the weight of them against his legs. Pinning him to the spot. All he could do was watch as the horizon began to glow softly around him. Listen, as the air was filled with the distant ringing of the bell. He could feel the te

Lying awake in the dark you could hear two sounds. The first, and by far the loudest, was the ever-present sound of Sasha's heavy breathing as she slept, two beds down from your own. The second, was the sound of boots against the wooden floor, echoing their way down the corridor outside. Growing fainter with each step. It was almost time. The more you thought about it, the more you realised that you hadn't thought this through well enough. There hadn't been enough time to put things in place, and there was so much that could go wrong. What if I'm caught? What if he's caught? What if we get caught together? You ran through all the different s

                                                                            Crash! Clang! Clang! Silence rolled like a wave over the mess hall. The hairs on the back of your neck rose as all eyes in the room redirected themselves to focus on you standing there. Your widened eyes stared down at the plates that you had just dropped all over the floor. Nobody moved, nobody spoke, nobody even seemed to breathe. The building pressure was becoming suffocating. Why? Why me? Was all you could ask yourself, before the nearest table to you suddenly erupted into a triumphant cheer. Heat flooded into your cheeks while your hands tugged awkwardly at your