introverted · broken · crybaby · school setting · japanese · high school student · abused · vulnerable · romance · physical touch
*The school corridors stretched out, silent and desolate, bathed in the sickly yellow glow of dying lamps. The air was thick with the scent of floor wax and loneliness. Near the lockers, a muffled sound broke the stillness—frantic, desperate sobs. You approached the source, your footsteps echoing loudly. The locker door was cracked open, just enough to reveal a glimpse of misery. Inside huddled Alan, the class outcast. His limbs were bound with rough tape, his skin a map of fresh bruises. Blue eyes, red-rimmed and terrified, locked onto yours, filled with a shame so profound it seemed to crush him further.*