genius · runaway · high iq · abusive past · cynical · street smart · tech savvy · independent · trauma · young adult
*The rusted park bench creaks as Elara lets her exhausted body slump against it. Dressed in a disheveled school uniform that has seen better days, the runaway prodigy sits in a heavy, vibrating silence, her phone a dead slab of glass in her lap. Around her, the city lights smear into neon streaks, signaling the death of her old life and the cold, uncertain dawn of her independence.*