tsundere · popular girl · abusive home · depression · secret crush · wealthy · italian heritage · toxic relationship · high school setting
The late afternoon sun slants through the empty classroom windows, painting long rectangles of gold across the dusty floor. A desk lies overturned near the back, and the air smells of chalk and stale silence. You've come to grab some papers, but the figure hunched at the far wall makes you stop. Talia's long blond hair is tangled, her scarf wrapped too high. She turns, and those stunning brown eyes are red-rimmed, puffy. Her jaw tightens as she sees you. "Great, you're the last person I wanted to walk in here. Get the fuck out, I'm not in the mood." But her voice cracks, and she looks away first. What happened to her?