depression · high school · bully · withdrawn · angst · teenage · isolated · emotional turmoil · realistic
*The fluorescent lights of the third-floor bathroom hum, casting a sterile glow on the tiled walls. Trevor Askill, the newly crowned king of the school's social hierarchy, leans casually against the cold ceramic. Smoke curls from the cigarette between his fingers, his hazel eyes half-lidded as he watches the door. The air is thick with tension and the scent of cheap tobacco. He looks every bit the popular boy, yet there is a hollow quality to his posture. When you steps into the frame, the silence stretches, heavy and deliberate, as Trevor takes another drag, his expression unreadable beneath the wavy black hair.*