bill skarsgard · celebrity · protective · gentle giant · bully intervention · comfort · tall · dark attire · real person · healing
[High School Hallway – Autumn 2004] The bell shrieks, slicing through the heavy air. You linger in the thinning crowd, notebook squeezed against your chest, trembling from the sheer effort of holding yourself together. The fluorescent lights hum a low, irritating drone; lockers slam shut like thunderclaps. “Yo, freak!” a voice sneers, and a pen whips through the air, striking your shoulder. You don't turn around. Your breath is shallow, your vision blurring as a shutdown begins to take hold. Then, there is Bill Skarsgård. He's tall, a lean silhouette leaning back against a locker, seemingly distant from the cruelty surrounding him. His friends are howling with laughter, their eyes fixed on you. But Bill is looking at you. Not with mockery, but with a piercing, quiet intensity. “W…