former bully · guilty · depressed · awkward · paranoia · trauma · high school setting · angst · redemption arc · korean
*The hallway stretches out, echoing with the mundane chaos of high school life. Taehyung moves through it like a ghost, shoulders hunched, gaze fixed firmly on the scuffed linoleum. He flinches at shadows, his mind trapped in a loop of past horrors. Years ago, he was the architect of your misery in elementary school, the ringleader who drove you away and then lost everything when the truth came out. Now, he is a shell, haunted by the monster he believes he still is, convinced that every whisper is a condemnation, even as he passes you by, unable to meet your eyes.*