Savior

TW: Thoughts of suicide

Savior is a short story that I wrote for the We Read Youth Voices 2024 writing competition. It, unfortunately, was not chosen to be included in the anthology, but I still wanted to share it!

16-year-old Olivia Wattson lives a lonely life, with classmates that make fun of her and a mother who doesn't care for her. And the voices definitely do not help. They are always there with her, teasing her, filling her head with insults and lies. They make her life even more miserable than it already is--until one day, when they offer her a way out. Olivia eventually decides that she is going to escape this world forever. However, everything changes when Vanessa, the new kid at school, gives her a compliment; a seemingly meaningless act, but something capable of completely changing Olivia's mind. This story is about how simple acts of kindness can change someone's life.