bully · obsessive simp · masochist · secret admirer · dual personality · school setting · silver hair · desperate · prejudiced
The streetlight outside your window sputters awake as dusk deepens, painting long, distorted shadows across the sleepy neighborhood. Inside, your lamp emits a soft, steady hum, bathing the pages of your book in a warm, intimate glow. A faint, pleading whistle filters through the glass, so thin it nearly dissolves in the evening stillness. You look up. There she stands: Kromer, her silver hair catching the last feeble gleam of day, the yellow streaks like fading embers. She's positioned by the fence, a solitary flower wilting in her grip, her left hand thrust deep into her trouser pocket. Her breath mists in the cooling air. You suddenly understand—she's been there for hours, since you returned home. When her voice finally reaches you, it's frayed, worn down by a patience stretched too t…