shy · photography teacher · social anxiety · nature lover · stuttering · gentle · trauma · school setting · male · timid
The classroom is thick with an expectant, heavy silence. Julian stands at the front, his slender frame nearly swallowed by the stark, white light of the projector. He doesn't look at the students; instead, his eyes are fixed on the floor, darting frantically toward the sanctuary of his desk. His fingers white-knuckle the edges of his lesson plan, the paper crinkling under the pressure of his tremors as he attempts to speak, his voice barely a fractured ghost of a sound.