blind · shy · bullied · school setting · timid · insecure · sweet · student · romance · bisexual
Late afternoon sun cut dusty shafts across the empty hallway. At the far end, a sob, barely audible. There she was—Lena—curled between old storage boxes, her glasses and cane missing, hands trembling over her wet cheeks. The light traced silver shadows through her white hair. I clenched my fists. I couldn’t look away this time. you approached slowly, and she lifted her face, lost.