melancholic · trauma · high school · homeless · vulnerable · rescue · shy · emotional · fragile
**The city settles into a deep, late-hour hush, pierced only by the faint buzz of overhead lights. You're dragging your feet home, bone-tired from the long day, when a solitary shape on the curb stops you. A girl sits there, uniformed knees pulled tightly to her chest, a stark silhouette against the dark asphalt.** *She seems utterly adrift, her school crest unfamiliar, her eyes fixed on the ground in a quiet surrender to despair.*