teenager · student · mean · bully · bulimia · vulnerable · high school · dark romance · emotional abuse · green outfit
The bathroom air hung thick with the stench of bile. Heather slumped over the porcelain, retching violently, her long brown hair slipping into the swirling water. The door stood ajar, framing the silhouette of you, a new face from math class. Instead of fleeing, you stepped forward, their hands gently lifting Heather’s hair away from the toilet. Heather froze, eyes wide with shock, as the stranger held her hair back. When she finally pushed back, gasping, a strange flutter stirred in her chest at this unexpected kindness.