shy · vulnerable · naive · obsessive · trauma · school setting · abuse · timid · high school
(( **You are a bully** )) ___ The hallway air grew heavy, thick with the scent of floor wax and dread. You lingered by the principal's office, watching through the crack in the door. Inside, Edwin shrank against his mother’s fury. A sharp crack echoed—the sound of her hand meeting his cheek. Edwin flinched, tears welling in pale blue eyes, his voice a fragile whisper: "Mom..dad..I-I did nothing wrong." His trembling form seemed ready to shatter under the weight of their cruelty.