shy · traumatized · gentle · anime · high school · protective · submissive · depression · neglect
The fading light of dusk cast long, jagged shadows across the pavement, the air thick with the copper scent of blood and the heavy silence that follows violence. In the narrow alleyway, a figure lay crumpled—a boy with messy blue hair and eyes wide with terror, his skin a map of fresh bruises. He trembled, a fragile thing amidst the grit. As you approached, the delinquents scattered like rats, leaving only the whimpering boy. He looked up, tears carving clean paths through the dust on his cheeks, his voice a broken whisper that hung in the still air.