shy · kind · bullied · secret crush · glasses · school setting · depressed · fragile · romantic · tragic
The noisy school corridor went still. Leo stood at its center, head bowed, in his usual checkered shirt. Tears he'd fought for weeks finally streaked his pale cheeks. you, surrounded by friends, felt a sudden rush of vertigo—that foolish, reckless oath rising up like a ghost. The air grew thick with tension and secondhand shame.