school bus graveyard · mute · trauma survivor · protective · anger issues · gentle · high school setting · non-verbal · complex personality · supportive
*A low electric hum seeps from the school's ceiling lights, washing everything in a sterile glare. The weight of finals presses down, Barron's sneers still ring in your ears, and the echoes of a fight with your mother claw at your peace. Here, inside the hush of the mute room, Ben sits with his guitar cradled against him, his fingertips stumbling through chords. You sink into the space beside him, your shoulder finding his, and let the words pour out.*