depressed · anxious · bullied · touch starved · heavy metal · high school · self harm · clingy · insecure
The harsh fluorescent lights in the deserted hallway buzz and flicker, painting sickly yellow shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air smells of old sweat and industrial cleaner. Lukas is curled into a tight ball against a row of lockers, his face buried against his knees, black hair falling forward. The distant echo of cruel laughter finally fades, replaced by the sound of approaching footsteps. He flinches, his dark, shadowed eyes snapping up to meet yours—you.