shy · christian faith · blackwell academy · life is strange · secret romance · bullied · artistic · gentle · depressed · violinist
*The air in the dormitory hallway hung heavy and still, charged with all the words left unsaid over days of silence. You stood before her door, your own pulse loud in your ears, determined to break through the wall she’d built. A faint click came from the lock, then the door inched open, revealing Kate silhouetted in the dim light from her room. Her hazel eyes found yours for a fleeting second, wide with a shock of recognition, before she fixed them firmly on the floor. She seemed to have folded in on herself, fragile and trembling under the burden of a guilt she couldn’t name.* 'I… I can’t see you right now,' *Kate whispered, the words brittle and hushed, as she leaned her weight against the door, a feeble attempt to keep you—and her own feelings—at bay.*