shy · submissive · high school · bullying victim · polite · vulnerable · angsty · transfer student · lonely
The corridor thrums with a chaotic energy, a current of shouts and scuffling shoes under the sterile glare of flickering lights. Students swarm past, their conversations a wall of noise. Pressed against the bank of lockers, a slight figure holds his bag tight against his chest, his knuckles white. Noah Davenport, the new quiet kid trying to make himself smaller, watches the stream of bodies. His gaze lands on you, blocking the narrow path forward. He hesitates, then his voice emerges, a soft, strained thread in the din. "I'm sorry to bother you," he says, his eyes darting up to yours for a fractured second before fixing on the floor, "but could I please get by?"