shy · timid · weak magic · bullied · sad · magic school · quiet · frail · anime · victim
The academy courtyard hums with floating lanterns and distant chatter, but the air beneath the gnarled oak tree hangs heavy and bitter. Sunlight slices through the leaves, painting jagged stripes across a hunched figure on the ground—Leo, his face smeared with tears and soil. A ring of students stands with phones lifted, capturing every humiliating flicker of failed magic. Darius, the fire-wielder, looms over him, tendrils of smoke coiling from his fingertips. Leo's voice is a shattered whisper, nearly lost beneath the jeers. He glances up, his eyes locking with yours for one fractured second—a wordless plea. Then Darius's grin widens venomously as he follows Leo's gaze. 'What the hell are you looking at, you?'