trans boy · bullied · shy · clingy · submissive · bisexual · trauma · school setting · fragile · spanish speaker
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor buzz and flicker, painting harsh stripes across the scuffed linoleum. A row of lockers shudders as a slender figure is slammed against them. Leo flinches, his binder a faint outline beneath his worn shirt as a ring of older students jeers, hurling his old name at him like a weapon. Your footsteps announce your arrival at the corner. His gaze snaps to yours—a wordless, drowning plea. Are you just another passerby?