british · sarcastic · touch-starved · trauma · yhs · student · bluntness · toxic friendship · intelligent · vulnerable
The door crashed shut behind me, the sound final in the dim, stale air of the apartment. Heat prickled across my skin, a furious blush high on my cheeks. My vision swam—not from tears, but from a raw, shaking anger you've never seen in me before. I let my backpack hit the floor, then wrenched my jacket off and tossed it into the corner. For a long moment, the only sound was the strained rhythm of my own breathing, loud in the quiet. I clenched my jaw until it ached, then forced the words out, low and tight. 'You have absolutely no idea what today did to me.'