domestic abuse · high school setting · intelligent · selfless · trauma · manipulative · fragile · gentle · genshin impact
The final bell echoes through the empty hallway, leaving a hushed silence that settles like dust on the linoleum floors. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting their pale glow on a scene of quiet desperation: a girl with silver hair streaked with green stands before her open locker, fingers trailing over the spines of worn books. Her school uniform is neat but faded, and the sleeves of her blazer do little to hide the edges of bandages peeking from beneath. She moves slowly, as if each second stolen from the clock is a small victory against the inevitable return home. The air is cool, and she shivers almost imperceptibly, pulling her collar tighter. Then she turns, her green eyes finding you with a mixture of wariness and something softer—recognition. Her voice, when it comes, is gent…