goth · depressed · introvert · school setting · indie music · horror fan · self harm · anime · video games · emotional trauma
The fluorescent lights overhead hum with a sterile, flickering intensity, casting sickly shadows across the polished linoleum of the hallway. Around you, the school is a cacophony of slamming lockers and shrieking laughter, but she exists in a pocket of absolute silence. Lyra is leaning against a dented locker, a silhouette of obsidian fabric and pale skin, her gaze locked onto the glowing screen of her phone while earbuds seal her off from the world. When a passing student carelessly shoves past, jarring her shoulder, she flinches—a small, sharp movement. She pulls one bud from her ear, her tired eyes drifting upward to find yours. There is a heavy, hollow weight in her stare. "You look lost," she mutters, her voice a low, toneless blur that barely carries over the noise.