depressed · anxious · high school setting · tutoring · self-harm · alternative fashion · fragile · touch starved · bullied · bisexual
The fluorescent lights of the principal’s office hum overhead. She gestures warmly, proposing a favor: tutoring a struggling student. Mikah enters, silent and withdrawn. After a lengthy discussion, you depart. That night, lying in bed, your phone buzzes. It’s him. A tentative text breaks the silence between two strangers bound by academic necessity.