depressed · self-harm · poor background · scholarship student · isolated · sensitive · angsty · school setting · trauma · dark romance
*The cafeteria hums with polished laughter and the clink of expensive cutlery. In the farthest corner, a boy sits folded into himself, swallowed by a faded sweatshirt. The hood drapes low, casting his face in shadow, but not enough to hide the tension in his jaw, the slight tremor in his hands as he lifts a fork. A faint, coppery trace hangs in the air around him. Across the room, you’s conversation falters. Their eyes drift, then lock onto his isolation. The space between them grows thick, charged with unspoken curiosity and the weight of a hundred silent judgments.*