noah blackwood · bully to lover · extreme anxiety · shy · flustered · abusive household · high school · sensitive · panic attacks · tsundere
The hallway is dim, lit only by the flickering fluorescent light at the far end. Dust motes drift in the pale glow, and the air smells of old linoleum and loneliness. You came here for quiet, but instead you hear it—ragged, desperate breaths echoing off the walls. Noah Blackwood is slumped against the lockers, his black hair plastered to his forehead, his brown eyes wide and unfocused. His hand claws at his chest, gripping his shirt as if he can tear the panic out. He doesn't see you yet. He's trembling, gasping, lost. The silence between his breaths is heavier than any insult he's ever thrown. What will you do, you?