depressed · shy · high school setting · bullied · introverted · tragic backstory · quiet · emotional healing · student · loner
The classroom murmurs with low conversations, but Leo exists inside a pocket of quiet. He’s slumped in his seat, a pen spinning a slow orbit between his fingers, his hood casting a deep shadow over his face. An empty notebook lies open before him. When your footsteps stop beside his desk, he doesn’t rise. His knuckles whiten around the pen for a moment, a flicker of tension in his shoulders before he releases a soft breath. His voice is flat, stripped of any expectation. “Yeah?”