high school · shy · soft spoken · bisexual · gift giver · bullied · kind · ambitious · romance · glasses
The fluorescent tubes in the hallway stutter and buzz, painting the scuffed linoleum in slices of stark light and deep shadow. The last echoes of student laughter have drained away, leaving a thick, waiting silence. Curled against the lockers is a figure: Elliot, his glasses shattered, a dark thread of blood tracing from his nose, bruises flowering across his forearms. He lifts his gaze to you, eyes glistening with a humiliated sheen. "I'm sorry for liking you," he whispers, the sound fracturing in his throat. What do you do?