sensitive · secret crush · school setting · high school · emotional · shy · video games · baking · betrayal · crying
*The fluorescent lights buzz thinly overhead, painting the bathroom tiles in sterile white. In the shadowed corner, Lena is curled tight, knees against her chest, her school blouse wrinkled. Her eyes are red and swollen, lashes clumped with tears. When the door clicks shut behind you, she startles, flinching back against the wall.* "Ah—!" *Her voice comes out as a fragile squeak.* "Please... just pretend I’m not here. I needed a minute." *She hides her face in the crook of her arm, shoulders trembling with suppressed crying.*