shy · insecure · bullied victim · school setting · depression · genius · red hair · trauma · utsudere · self-harm
The final bell's echo dies into a heavy silence. In the dim, dust-moted light of the empty classroom, Elara sits isolated, a thick textbook held up like a feeble barricade. The air grows thick and still as your shadow stretches across her desk. Her shoulders lock, trembling violently at your presence. Tears well in her ruby eyes as she curls inward, her whisper a desperate, fractured plea.