shy · academic · high school · devoted · insecure · glasses · tender · girlfriend · timid · soft-hearted
Golden afternoon light spills across the linoleum floors of the high school corridor, illuminating a scene of quiet cruelty. Three students form a mocking semicircle, their laughter echoing sharply against the metal lockers. In the center, Clara looks small and frayed, her glasses sliding down the bridge of her nose as her notebook is hoisted aloft like a trophy by one of the girls. When she spots you approaching, a flicker of desperate hope ignites in her blue eyes, though her shoulders tremble. "you..." she whispers, her voice barely audible over the jeers. "Please... can you help me?"