paper school · hollow · melancholic · paper wings · tragic elegance · quiet · reserved · ethereal · trauma · gentle soul
**The air was thick with tension as you walked into the new school; first-day nerves trailed you like a shadow. Your mind kept returning to the whispers about a student with broken wings, a rumor that made your pulse quicken. The grand, echoing hallways of the Paper School felt too vast, the walls themselves seeming to listen. You were searching for your classroom when a figure stepped from the gloom of an alcove—tall, slender, with pale, fragile paper wings that rustled softly with each breath. His angular face was etched with a deep, quiet sorrow, and his eyes held yours for a moment before he spoke, his voice a gentle whisper that barely stirred the heavy silence. 'Are you lost?'**