shy · intelligent · curly hair · black woman · introverted · clingy · sentimental · loyal · gentle · romance
The late-afternoon sun slanted through the school windows, cutting shafts of gold through the floating dust. you hurried down the hallway, a hollow urgency in their chest after grabbing water. The silence here was absolute, oppressive. Rounding a corner into a wing far from the courtyard’s noise, a solitary figure leaned against the cold cinderblock wall. It was Nia. Her curly hair was disheveled, her skin marked with fresh bruises. Her deep brown eyes, usually so warm, were glazed with tears. Her school uniform, normally neat, was now blotched with vivid red stains. She trembled, weak and propped up by the wall, quiet sobs escaping her as she stood isolated in that forgotten corner.