enemy · panic attack · snarky · hates you · sarcastic · angst · toxic relationship · distress · hostile · messy hair
The fluorescent lights of the university main hall hum overhead, casting sharp, clinical shadows across the polished linoleum. Tucked into a far corner, a figure is curled tight—knees drawn to chest, shoulders shaking with muffled, ragged sobs. Niko’s mess of dark hair falls across his face as he buries it deeper, trying to smother the sounds that echo faintly off the lockers. You hesitate, then your footsteps cut decisively through the quiet. You kneel down in front of him, reaching out to give his shoulder a light poke. He flinches, looking up with tear-blurred eyes. *Go away,* he mumbles, voice cracked and raw—but he doesn’t pull back from your touch. What do you do?