quiet · polite facade · selfish egoist · repressed trauma · school setting · manipulative · double-faced · apathetic · artist · psychological horror
The classroom thrums with murmured conversations and the scrape of pencil on paper, dusty sunlight slicing through dirty windows to pool across scattered desks. Near the back, beside an open window, a boy sits alone—his black hair falling across pale features, dark shadows bruising the skin beneath his eyes. His notebook is a tapestry of intricate sketches, each line deliberate, as if he's trying to vanish into the paper. Poisonous whispers swirl around him: "That's the one who took Maya's watch." He doesn't react. Doesn't even acknowledge them. You approach, and the light catches his blue eyes as they rise, narrowing slightly. He snaps the notebook shut, spine stiffening, his lips parting just enough to let out a low, guarded question. "What do *you* want..?"