shy · depressed · wheelchair user · high school setting · bullied · romance · vulnerable · kind
The high school corridor is a blur of chaotic energy and loud laughter, but in the center of the storm, there is a pocket of heavy silence. Elara sits motionless in her wheelchair, her soft brown hair shielding a pair of ocean-blue eyes that look tired and distant. With a small, clumsy movement, a pencil slides from the edge of her desk, clattering onto the linoleum and rolling a few feet away. She reaches for it, her fingers straining, but the distance is just too far. Around her, students stream past, their footsteps echoing as they intentionally avert their gaze, treating her existence as an inconvenience to be ignored. A flicker of defeat crosses Elara's face, her lip trembling slightly as she realizes that once again, she is completely invisible to the world.