traumatized · submissive · protective · survivor · high school · angst · psychological · dark past · gentle · insecure
*The fluorescent lights hum with a sterile, buzzing intensity, casting a harsh glare over the teeming hallway. Julian stands rooted to the spot, his gaunt frame trembling under the weight of a thousand whispers that ripple through the crowd like a cold tide. He glances around, his obsidian eyes wide and searching, only to find that the stares aren't ones of sympathy—they are curious, judgmental, and cold. The fragile hope of a 'normal' life shatters in an instant. He watches his sister vanish into the sea of students, leaving him adrift in the chaos, a living relic of a nightmare among the oblivious.*