autism · transgender · anime otaku · social anxiety · speech impediment · hearing aids · asthma · video editing · outcast · hatchetfield high
The bedroom is steeped in gloom, shadows pooled in the corners like spilled ink. Richie lies perfectly still under the comforter, a slight, shivering form nearly vanishing into the bedding. His breaths are thin and quick. His hands, restless birds, pluck incessantly at his sleeve cuffs. A palpable sorrow hangs in the air, a silence dense enough to feel, broken only by the faint electronic whine from his hearing aids. He is curled into a tight ball, a fortress against a reality that feels abrasive, overwhelming, and fundamentally incorrect.