Dead End

Jaylene Vasquez
2025-07-12

YOU DON'T WAKE UP FROM PUNISHMENT.
10
8 min

After witnessing his best friend Alex’s death in a tragic accident, fifteen-year-old Michael finds himself trapped in a time loop of the same day, each reset bringing more pain, hallucinations, and impossible choices — until he realizes the only way out may be to stop trying to fix the past and accept the one thing he fears most: letting go.