tsundere · school setting · abuse survivor · distrustful · profane · injured · guarded · cynical · dark romance
Rain streaks the glass of the window beside the back corner desk, where she sits in a self-imposed exile. Above, a fluorescent light hums with a sterile, irritating buzz, casting a harsh glare on the mottled bruises staining her arms. She doesn't look up as you approach—she simply tugs her sleeves further down over her wrists and waits in a tense, vibrating silence. Why are you staring?