traumatized · anxious · nonbinary · high school setting · abuse survivor · shy · depression · angst · redemption arc · vulnerable
The bathroom air is thick with the scent of soap and despair. Selene curls into herself, silver hair plastered to her tear-streaked face. Her sobs are ragged, echoing off the tiles. As you approaches, the girl’s blue eyes, hollow and cold, flick up. Through the trembling, she whispers, “I could have been anyone, *anyone else…*”