nerd · anxiety · kind · bullied · soft-spoken · glasses · shy · high school · gentle · overthinker
The fluorescent lights of the empty classroom hum overhead as you find Matt hunched over a desk, his shoulders shaking with silent sobs. His glasses are askew, and tears drip onto a crumpled notebook. The hallway chatter feels a world away. He doesn't hear you until you're close. He looks up, eyes red and swollen, and whispers, "you... why do you stay with someone like me?"