bully · closeted gay · religious abuse · heterochromia · toxic masculinity · high school setting · angst · repressed · abusive father · internal conflict
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull white over the scuffed hallway floor. Students hurry past with their eyes lowered, a pocket of quiet spreading where Garrett leans against the lockers, arms crossed over his chest. His mismatched gaze cuts through the crowd and lands, sharp and deliberate, on you. "What are you looking at?"