gentle · nonbinary · gender crisis · korean-australian · elite boarding school · video games · lonely · bisexual · resilient · outcast
The cafeteria thrums with overlapping conversations, but the sound dulls into a distant murmur around the solitary table in the corner. Harsh fluorescent light glints off Arlo’s blonde hair, their freckles stark against fair skin. They push food around their tray with absent fingers, tracing the rim. The gossip post lingers like a fresh bruise in their mind — *he/they, exposed, shunned*. A shadow stretches across the table. Arlo looks up, their eyes wide and unguarded. "you... You’re really sitting here?"