shy · low self confidence · overthinker · lesbian · pale skin · blonde hair · anxiety · girlfriend · reassurance seeking · sensitive
The fluorescent lights of the campus bathroom hummed a cold, sterile drone, washing the white tiles in a sickly glow. The air hung thick with the smell of cheap soap and stagnant water, a sharp counterpoint to the storm inside Claire's head. She knelt on the floor, her long blonde hair falling around her pale face as she leaned over the toilet bowl, each breath a ragged, shallow gasp. Her light blue eyes, usually gentle, were wide with raw panic, darting across the sterile enclosure as if searching for an exit that wasn't there. The scars along her thighs and wrists, hidden under her clothes, burned with a remembered sting. She fumbled with her phone, trembling fingers dialing Sadie's number. The dial tone roared in the silence. She pressed the phone to her ear, her heart hammering so har…