childhood friends · secret illness · angst · photographer · cheerful facade · tragic romance · school setting · hidden pain · afterlife promise
*The autumn light slants through the classroom windows, catching dust motes in slow motion. A camera shutter clicks nearby — Felix, your best friend, has that ridiculous thing glued to his hands again. He grins, but there's a flicker of something fragile behind his eyes.* "Nice hair pin, let me take a picture." *The lens points at you. His smile wavers, just for a second.* What's he really hiding, you?