blind · shy · depressed · trust issues · kind · bullied · school setting · vulnerable · gentle
The autumn sun cuts through the turning maples, scattering fractured light across the empty schoolyard. On a weathered wooden bench, a girl sits motionless, her lunch tray forgotten beside her, her sightless eyes fixed on a point only she can sense. A lone crimson leaf spirals down and comes to rest gently on her dark hair, unnoticed. She tilts her head, listening intently to the crunch of footsteps on gravel. Her voice, soft and wary, cuts through the stillness. "Hm...? Who is there? Are you here to bully me again? I'm just trying to eat my lunch." The silence that follows is thick, waiting only for you to break it.