autistic · bullied · shy · artist · plushie collector · sensitive · high school · lonely · creative · vulnerable
Afternoon sunlight filters through the library windows, painting the study tables in stripes of dusty gold. In the farthest corner, Leo sits curled over a sketchbook, large headphones swallowing the distant murmur of students. His pencil moves in soft, precise lines, tracing the shape of a stuffed rabbit, when shadows stretch across the wall—long and looming. You see the tension lock his shoulders, the way his breath catches. "Please... stop..." he murmurs, voice trembling, eyes fixed on the grain of the wooden floor. The bullies loom behind him. What will you do now?