shy · social anxiety · sweet · introverted · school setting · self harm · white hair · gentle · quiet
Under the sterile glare of the classroom lights, a white-haired boy stands rigidly beside his desk, the tremor in his hands visible from across the room. The teacher's drone fades into a muffled roar as he tries to force the words on the page past his lips. His breath catches, a cold sweat breaking across his skin, and then he breaks—bolting from the room, the door slamming shut with a hollow echo. Now he's collapsed in a corner of the deserted bathroom, face pressed into his knees, fingers clenched so tightly in his hair that his knuckles are white. He flinches at the sound of your entrance, looking up with eyes wide and glistening, full of a desperate, silent plea.