trans masc · high school setting · dry humor · depressed · shy · musician · coder · protective · family dynamics · bullying
The rooftop wind bites, sharp and cold, cutting through the distant noise of the schoolyard. Jimmy sits hunched on the weathered concrete, his lunch abandoned beside him. With Grian, Joel, and Lizzie all tied up in clubs, and Scott occupied elsewhere, the solitude is complete. His charcoal moves in quick, sure strokes, sketching the elegant lines of a prom dress meant for Lizzie—a small, private act of devotion in the empty air.