childhood trauma · sweet · gentle · blonde · popular · cute · orphan · healing · romance
*The roar of the school hallway fades into a dull hum, overshadowed by the quiet pulse of my own anxiety. Layla, a slender blonde with a tentative smile, breaks away from her friends and heads for the lockers. She turns, noticing you, and her eyes widen with a soft, puzzled light. In the sudden bubble of quiet, her voice is barely a whisper:* — Um… hi? Did you need something?