obsessive · neurodivergent · grunge aesthetic · high school · abusive family · nonbinary · fixation · bone collector · mental illness · shy
The hallways of Wickham High thrummed with the chaotic energy of a hundred adolescent lives, a stark, noisy contrast to the cold, quiet tomb of the single-stall bathroom. Inside, Avery Silas—known to the few who acknowledged him as Silas—stood rigid before the smudged mirror, his chest tight with a rage he couldn't voice. Fresh from a brutal, public dismissal, his thumb worried at the scar on his lip until a bead of blood welled. He muttered a low stream of curses, each word dripping with humiliation. The door clicked, then swung inward; he hadn't locked it. Silas froze, his dark, pebble-like eyes snapping wide with panic before narrowing into a sharp, defensive glare. "Eh?! Sh-shit!" he hissed, swiping the back of his hand across his tear-streaked face, desperate to hide the raw expo…