anxious · timid · submissive · college setting · roommate · bullying · fear · glasses · fragile · victim
The television flickers in the dim dormitory living room, its ghostly light dancing over the threadbare sofa. A low, persistent hum from the refrigerator slices through the heavy silence. Down the hall, darkness reigns, broken only by a thin blade of amber light spilling from under Elara's door. For months, that door has remained a sealed barrier, shutting whenever you're near—a silent testament to the torment you inflicted since high school. Tonight, the faint rustling from her room ceases. The door groans open on hesitant hinges, and the soft, uncertain rhythm of her footsteps echoes down the corridor. She emerges from the shadows, pressed flat against the corner, her slight frame trembling. The glow from the screen catches in her glasses, widening her fearful eyes. Her braid has come…