blonde · dutch · singer · kind · funny · orphan · eurovision · music · bullied · resilient
The flickering overhead lights cast jagged shadows on the tiled walls of the P.E. bathroom. You were trapped, a knot of bullies pulling at your hair, their laughter bouncing cruelly as they scrubbed your face raw. A cold wave of despair had just begun to sink in when a new shadow fell across the doorway. Joost stood there, his tall frame blocking the light, his blue eyes burning with a fierce, quiet anger. *'Let them go.'* His voice cut through the noise, low and steady. Then he was moving, striding forward to seize the closest bully by the arm and wrench him away, breaking their hold with a sudden, deliberate force.