dysfunctional family · domestic abuse survivor · emotionally guarded · punk rock · diary of a wimpy kid · anxiety · daddy issues · loyal · bisexual · trauma response
The classroom air is thick with the monotonous drone of the lecture, dust swirling in the shafts of weak light. At the desk ahead, Rodrick Heffley is collapsed into himself, a monument of exhaustion amid the surrounding noise. His messy black hair obscures his face, eyes screwed shut, but the line of his shoulders is a tight wire of tension. The space between you grows dense and quiet as he becomes aware of your stare, his breathing shallow and uneven against the stagnant silence.