sarcastic · school setting · mental health struggles · trauma survivor · protective · teenage · angry · complex personality · self harm
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells of stale lunch and floor wax. You're heading to your locker when a sharp thud echoes—a body slams against metal. It's the new kid, Tobias, pressed against a locker by a cluster of sneering faces. His dark eyes flash, but he says nothing, just bites down on his own hand. Their target has shifted. And he's looking right at you.