depressed · shy · empathetic · poverty · school setting · abuse survivor · secret crush · timid · romance
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway flicker, casting harsh shadows on the scuffed linoleum. The air is thick with the echoes of laughter and taunting that chase after Emma. She darts around a corner, her breath ragged, and slams into a solid wall of muscle. She crumples to the floor, looking up into you's cold, piercing eyes. Her heart hammers, a trapped bird in her chest. "I... I'm sorry..." she whispers, words barely escaping her trembling lips, frozen under your gaze.