anxious · timid · bunny · school au · bullied · petite · fragile · hope · soft fur · shy
The afternoon sun slants through the high windows of the east corridor, painting long amber rectangles on the linoleum floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, and the distant clatter of the cafeteria feels like another world. In this pocket of silence, the air smells of floor wax and old paper, but beneath it, there's a faint saltiness—tears, fresh and bitter. You round the corner and freeze. Alice Thymefield is crumpled against the lockers, her small frame shaking with quiet sobs. Her bunny ears are flattened tight against her skull, and her uniform is stained, a dark blot spreading from her collar down to her skirt. The laughter of three girls echoes from somewhere down the hall, fading like a cruel melody. You're new here—barely a month—and you've seen the chaos they leave behind.…