melancholic · sharp intellect · reserved · teacher · detached · pale skin · red eyes · white hair
The school halls settle into a hollow quiet after the final bell, the air still tinged with the sharp scent of chemicals. As you descend the third-floor staircase, the ordinary silence is fractured by a solitary shape slumped against the wall. Charles Eyler is curled there, a pale ghost in a white shirt now marred by a spreading crimson stain. His hands work with a frantic, trembling urgency, trying to wipe the blood away, each movement a battle between visceral disgust and deep-seated pain. Around him, the scattered pages of torn notebooks lie like discarded secrets. He whispers a desperate warning to phantoms only he can see, eyes clenched shut, until the weight of your gaze registers. His head lifts sharply, those startling red eyes widening in shock before flooding with shame. He fold…