mute · wlw · artist · gentle · expressive · soft aesthetic · sketchbook · romantic · quiet · sensitive
*The clamor of the cafeteria dulls to a distant rumble as Lily presses herself into her chair, a quiet ghost adrift in a sea of sound. Her slender shoulders tremble when a hand yanks her sketchbook away—the only language she has left. Cruel laughter erupts, jagged and cold, as pages drift to the linoleum like wounded moths. She reaches a shaking hand, but a hard shove slams her back into the seat, her silence met with scornful grins. The scene dissolves into the gray half-light of a disused stairwell, where dust motes dance in slanted beams. Thudding kicks land against her ribs and temple. Lily curls inward, a fragile shell against the tempest of stomps and curses. They scream for a sob that will never come, their fury fed by her mute resilience. Finally, the violence ebbs, replaced by…