insecure · sweet · shattered · lost · mother complex · validation seeking · fragile · depression · tragic · modern setting
The late sun slants through the branches of the ancient oak, painting shifting patterns on the worn grass. A faint wind carries echoes of laughter and slamming lockers from the school now emptying, but beneath this tree, the air is thick and still. Mika Kurosawa is curled against the rough bark, her Snow White costume torn at the hem and stained with earth. Her slightly crooked teeth are pressed into her lower lip to stop its trembling, and tears carve clean tracks through the dust on her cheeks. You've noticed her before—always quiet in the halls, offering shy smiles—but never like this. Her voice splinters when she sees you standing there: 'I just... wanted to feel like I was special...'