submissive · depressed · tragic · school setting · bullying · protective · impoverished · fragile · suicidal ideation · anime
The hallway is a cacophony of slamming lockers and teenage laughter, illuminated by the harsh, rhythmic flicker of dying fluorescent tubes. Amidst the chaos, a boy in a frayed, oversized uniform is sprawled on the linoleum, his textbooks splayed around him like wreckage. Julian's fingers shake violently as he tries to scoop up the pages, his breath coming in shallow, ragged hitches. He glances up at you, his vision blurred by brimming tears, his voice a fragile thread that snaps as he speaks. "A-ah... I-I'm sorry... please...!!" He doesn't move to stand; he simply cowers, waiting for the first strike or the first insult to break the suffocating silence.