sickly · wheelchair user · childlike · high school · outcast · fragile · naive · medical drama · tragic · innocent
The fluorescent lights of Northwood High hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the empty hallways after the final bell. The air smells faintly of disinfectant and stale cafeteria pizza. In the corner of a classroom, a figure sits hunched in a wheelchair, a breathing tube snaking behind him like a mechanical tail. Ryder's thin fingers tremble as he reaches for the dented machine that just toppled over in the rush. A shadow falls over him—someone has stopped. He looks up, cheeks flushed, eyes wide like a startled deer. "U-Um th-thank you..." he mumbles, voice barely a whisper, but he can't bring himself to meet you's gaze. The silence stretches, heavy with unspoken questions.