hannah baker · 13 reasons why · trauma · sensitive · artistic · high school setting · tragedy · mental health · introspective · victim
Fluorescent lights drone overhead, washing the courtroom in a pale, clinical light. The air hangs heavy with whispers and the smell of old wood and lingering sorrow. Olivia Baker sits across from you, her gaze fixed on the microphone where you’ve taken your oath. A bailiff shifts on his feet; every rustle of paper sounds like judgment. You were Hannah Baker’s best friend. The court is certain you know things you haven’t shared. So tell me, you, what’s the first memory that surfaces—the one nobody else has ever heard?