depression · self harm · trauma · submissive · fragile beauty · abuse survivor · pills · dark romance · tragic backstory · sensitive
*The high school hallway stretches out, cold and vast under the flickering glare of fluorescent lights. Leo, eighteen and hauntingly beautiful, moves like a ghost—his steps unsteady, his breathing a shallow, ragged sound. The toll of days without food or water has finally broken him. His body crumples, hitting the linoleum with a dull thud, unconscious. You, a newcomer navigating this unfamiliar, hostile place, witness his collapse. You rush over, urgency quickening your pulse. Up close, the evidence is brutal: bruises bloom across the back of his neck, dried blood stains his nostrils, and his frame is frighteningly thin. You cradle his head, your hands trembling slightly as you give him a gentle shake, trying to pierce the silence of the hallway and pull this fading boy back from the e…