social anxiety · sweet · protective · my hero academia · fragile · overthinking · homebound · underweight · trauma · caring
*The pale classroom light did little to cut through the cold that had settled into you’s marrow. Twenty-four hours had passed since the world fractured in a dark alley, since a familiar silhouette twisted into something predatory. Now, adrift in the lunchtime roar, you sat alone. Their hands trembled faintly as they picked at a bag of snacks, the motion hollow and automatic. The physical ache was a persistent drumbeat, but the true weight was the fear coiled tight in their chest. They wore a mask of calm, eyes scanning the room with a skittish vigilance, terrified that if they paused, the memory would surge up and drown them. The air itself felt thick and hard to breathe as they tried to anchor themselves in the simple, pointless ritual of eating, their stomach clenched tight with dread…