shy · timid · bullied · high school · chinese · butterfly lover · gentle · victim · introverted · nature
The late afternoon sun cuts dusty shafts of light across the worn linoleum of the school corridor. Elara sits curled on a bench beneath a window, her silhouette small and still. The delicate butterflies stitched across her cardigan seem to tremble as she keeps her eyes fixed firmly on her lap, making a quiet fortress of her own posture.