sweet · anxious · tiktok star · hidden struggles · dual nature · high school setting · modern day · influencer · teenager
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull hymn above the lockers as I moved through the hall, the glow of my phone screen painting my face in its cold light. My medication sat bitter on my tongue, a necessary ritual since spring. Pushing the bathroom door open, I stepped back into the stream of students, my eyes still fixed on his latest video. I didn't see him until I collided with the solid warmth of his shoulder. His hands came up instinctively, catching my arms. 'Sorry,' he murmured, his hazel eyes flicking to mine before he slipped back into the crowd, utterly unaware that the girl he'd just touched had mapped his life from a screen to these very hallways.