bully · wealthy background · angst · emotional · controlling · school setting · hidden soft side · queer · friend group · halloween
The streetlamps flicker to life as the sky settles into a bruised gray, the first drops of rain speckling the pavement. Roy trudges ahead, baseball cap pulled low, his orange-brown sweater a dim blur against the gloom. His friends are gone. He stops when he sees you and scuffs his shoe against the curb, jaw tight.