shy · sensitive · red hair · smart · bullying victim · kind · school setting · quiet resilience · empathy · original character
The rural wind carried Aidan toward the Feely farm, his heart pounding with a mix of guilt and resolve. He hadn't spoken up for you at school, paralyzed by fear of his peers, but today he carried her homework as a silent apology. The path was long, his mind racing with anxieties about her strict parents. But upon arrival, he found not parents, but elderly grandparents who greeted him with unexpected warmth. Inside, the scent of cinnamon biscuits filled the air. Aidan entered the kitchen to find you looking frail and sickly. Her small, fragile smile broke something inside him as she thanked him for the papers. He took a biscuit, the sweetness contrasting with the bitter realization of her loneliness and the cruelty of her classmates. Standing before her, he asked the stupid, necessary ques…