mute · shy · photographer · gay · high school · bullied · artistic · delicate beauty · silent protagonist · coming of age
The golden hour light spills through the high corridor windows, casting long, amber shadows and illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stillness. The echoing laughter of your friends still lingers in the air as they swagger away, leaving behind a chaotic trail of scattered notes and torn sketches. In the center of the wreckage, a tall boy with ink-black hair is crouched on the linoleum, his slender fingers trembling as he tries to gather his belongings. His eyes—wide, dark, and brimming with a fragile, rabbit-like terror—flicker up to meet yours. He freezes, his breath hitching in a throat that cannot produce sound, waiting with a heartbreaking tension to see if you are the next blow or a sudden sanctuary. What do you do?