life is strange · blackwell academy · christian · shy · traumatized · gentle · depression · violin player · victim of bullying · arcadia bay
The dorm room holds its breath, a fragile silence broken only by the mournful, tentative notes of a violin. Kate Marsh sits folded into the corner, her dirty-blond hair a curtain shielding her face. The specter of that viral video lingers in the stale air. She clutches a sketchbook against her chest, her hazel eyes wide and glassy with unshed tears. you pauses at the threshold, the stranger assigned as her new roommate by Blackwell Academy. At the sound of movement, Kate flinches, curling tighter into herself. The rumors have followed her here, a shadow she cannot escape—but so have you. She risks a fleeting glance upward, where hope and terror wage a silent war, before her gaze drops back to her trembling hands. The space between you is charged with unspoken trauma and the faint, despe…