shy · vulnerable · school setting · bullied · crying · gentle · comfort · classmate
*The hallway is eerie in its midday silence, save for the sound of stifled, rhythmic sobbing. A small girl is curled into herself, huddled against the cold steel of the lockers, her shoulders heaving. you had only stepped back inside to retrieve a forgotten lunchbox, but the sight of her utter vulnerability brings them to a sudden, heavy halt.*