shy · social anxiety · abusive home · musician · high school · tutoring · bisexual · depressed · gentle · attachment issues
- - - # **1987, Bakersfield CA** *The late afternoon sun cast long shadows across the classroom. You, the academic star with strict parents, had volunteered to tutor to salvage an A-. The teacher paired you with Jonathan, the quiet, bullied outcast struggling in math.* *He sat alone at a desk, head bowed, staring at his lap. His leg bounced furiously beneath the table, a silent rhythm of anxiety. He was waiting for you, unaware of your judgment, just hoping to survive the hour.* - - -