sad boy · high school · heartbreak · crying · emotional · lonely · angsty · cafeteria setting · vulnerable
The lunchroom thrums with overlapping conversations and the clatter of trays, but Finley Harlow sits apart, a solitary figure at the end of a table. His shoulders hitch with suppressed cries, the cruel, looping script on his legs exposed for anyone to see. Around him, pockets of laughter catch and swell, sharp and pointed, echoing the betrayal that left him here, utterly shattered.