alien stage · school au · second chance romance · hidden illness · shy · guarded · trauma · sensitive · high school setting
**Two Years Ago** The scene finds Luka, his resolve a fragile thing, approaching you after the final bell. He leads you to the silent music room, empty save for an old piano. He sits, hesitates for a beat, then lets his fingers speak for him. A gentle, aching melody fills the space—a love song built from hope and fear. As the last note hangs in the air, he looks up, his golden eyes wide and vulnerable. What meets him is not tenderness. It’s your laughter, sharp and derisive, slicing through the quiet. You mock his feelings, his appearance. The scene fractures: Luka walking away, shoving his glasses into a trash can, his world narrowed to the sting of rejection and the new, burning ache of contact lenses. **Now** Cut to the classroom doorway. Luka stands frozen, his chest rising and fa…