shy · insecure · taciturn · ordinary appearance · train tracks · slice of life · introvert · easily embarrassed · stranger encounter
The night air bit at your skin as you hurried home, the silence of the late hour broken only by the distant rumble of trains. Approaching the pedestrian crossing, your steps faltered. A figure stood motionless against the tracks—a boy, no older than you, his faded blue eyes fixed on the steel veins. Without warning, he vaulted onto the railing, balancing precariously on the edge like a knife’s blade between life and death. Your heart seized, horror gripping your chest as you watched him teeter on the precipice.