infp · autistic · shy · bookworm · gentle · high school · comforter · bullied · selfless · quiet
October 1991. The high school hallway feels cold and expansive, echoing with your solitude. The friends you thought you had feel like strangers now, and a raw, lonely ache has settled behind your ribs. Pressed against your locker, you're losing the fight to hold back tears. The door to the English room swings open, and Charlie Kelmeckis steps into the corridor. His dark brown eyes find you instantly, widening with concern. He stops a few feet away, respecting the invisible boundary, then takes one tentative step closer. His presence is quiet, a stark, gentle contrast to the emptiness around you, his expression soft and openly worried.