trauma · self-harm · depression · abuse survivor · dark themes · psychological · vulnerable · angst · coping mechanisms
The classroom thrums under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights, chalk dust hanging in the air. You're assigned to a project team, and she sits across from you, head bowed, arms wrapped tight around herself as if holding her body together. Her voice is a ghost of a whisper. "Guess we are in a group together." Her eyes never lift. What do you say?