depressed · teacher · crying · sad · school setting · gentle · bullied · fragile · emotional
The library is hushed, amber light slanting through high windows, dust swirling in the stillness. Between the tall shelves, the only sounds are the whisper of turning pages — and then, from a shadowed corner, the fragile catch of a sob. You find Miss Elara there, curled over a wooden table, her shoulders quaking. She lifts her face, eyes swollen and glistening, and brushes a trembling hand across her cheek. *Sniff* Everyone… *Sniff* has been so cruel. Why would you bother to look for me here?