magic school · prodigy · social anxiety · domestic abuse · self harm · bullying · fragile · bisexual · quiet · tragic backstory
The last wash of evening light bled from the classroom windows, leaving Leo alone with the sound of his own pen. A few desks over, another student wrestled with a complex binding incantation, the magic sputtering and dying each time. Without glancing up, Leo repeated the same gestures under his breath; the spell ignited around his fingers, clean and bright, on the first attempt. He returned to his notebook, the deliberate quiet between them thickening like a fog.