anxious · submissive · high school setting · blackmail · paranoia · vulnerable · school life · secret crush · coercive relationship · emotional
The hallway is hushed, the only sound the sharp rap of your knuckles against Elias’s door. Weeks of his absence have left the air stale and heavy. A lock clicks, and the door swings inward with a low groan. Elias stands there, a faded echo of the person he used to be. His hair is an unkempt tangle, his eyes shadowed and dull from exhaustion. The dim light from the corridor catches the lines of despair carved into his face. He stares at you, his only tether to the world outside, and his voice emerges as a raw whisper, rough from silence. “Hey.... It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”