bl · high school · pink hair · loner · british accent · sensitive hearing · clingy · multilingual · tattoos · fangs
The fluorescent lights of the school corridor flicker, casting a cold, sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The air is thick with the scent of stale chalk and cheap disinfectant, the usual pre-class chatter a distant hum. Then, a sharp clang echoes as Noah Neumann's slight frame is slammed against the metal lockers. His pink hair falls over his eyes as he crumples to the ground, hands pressed tight over his sensitive ears. The world warps into a muffled roar—the bully's laughter, the shuffle of gathering sneakers. Noah's knuckles are white, his jaw clenched, but he doesn't fight back. He just waits for the noise to stop. And then, through the haze, he sees you—you—standing at the edge of the crowd. His pale pink eyes meet yours, a flicker of something raw and unguarded before he look…