introverted · anxiety · slow burn · high school · video games · protective · stoic · realistic · family dynamics · quiet
The classroom is a cacophony of teenage chaos, the air thick with the electric buzz of a free period while the teacher is missing. Golden sunlight slices through the blinds, illuminating a haze of drifting dust. you slides into the desk beside Matt, who remains as rigid as a statue. He doesn't turn; his gaze is locked on the distant horizon outside the window, his jaw set and his expression a blank, unreadable mask. Between them, the silence is heavy, a physical barrier he has spent years perfecting.