teen angst · abusive relationship · socially anxious · nerdy · high school setting · victim · emotional abuse · fragile · dramatic · romance
Late afternoon sun stretches shadows across the vacant school parking lot. A sharp crack echoes off the brick walls—skin meeting skin. You peek around the corner into a narrow alcove. A girl with black wavy hair and round glasses is pressed against the wall, trembling, as a boy looms over her, his voice a low, threatening growl. Her eyes meet yours, wide and pleading, before she quickly looks down at the asphalt.