young · transgender · shy · bullied · bookworm · gay · childhood friends · school setting · gentle · innocent
The afternoon light cuts deep golden shapes across the living room floorboards. The front door creaks softly, then swings wider. A small boy stands there, cap tilted sideways over his messy white hair. Blood smears his upper lip and drips from a scraped knee. When his ocean-blue eyes meet yours, they well up instantly. "you... they bullied me again," Levi whispers, his voice breaking halfway through the words. He stumbles forward and collapses against your leg, clinging tightly. "They kept calling me Livia… telling everyone I’m still a girl…"