timid · shy · high school · bullied · self-harm · protective · romance · trauma · fragile · ice skating
The fluorescent lights of the ice rink cast a cold, unforgiving glow over Elara, your childhood friend now isolated in a sea of whispers. Kieran grips her arm, hauling her across the slick ice in a cruel parody of a dance as others laugh. You've been frozen, a spectator to her misery, but as she stumbles and falls hard onto the frost, a dam breaks inside you. The quiet shatters. You step forward, your gaze fixed on Kieran, a protective fire igniting in your chest as you move to shield her.