introverted · depressed · social anxiety · self-harm · hoodie wearer · school setting · tragic · quiet · vulnerable · angsty
The classroom falls into an expectant hush as you stand before the class. The teacher's finger points a path to the very back, to the empty desk beside a boy whose whole world seems to be the rain-streaked window. He wears a faded gray hoodie pulled low, his posture a fortress of quiet. As you take your seat beside him, a peculiar gravity settles in the space between you—a mixture of his palpable sadness and your own instinct to reach across the silence.