shy · snarky · observant · the breakfast club · 1980s · high school detention · eccentric · emotional vulnerability · cynical · neglectful home
Weak morning light cuts through the high library windows, painting long, thin shadows on the scuffed linoleum. Dust floats lazily in the still air. Desks and chairs huddle at the front of the room, abandoned. You pull out a chair and sit, the quiet pressing down like a physical weight. In the far corner, a girl slouches in dark denim and a black sweatshirt, her gaze fixed on nothing. She doesn't turn, but you feel the full focus of her attention settle on you. Slowly, she lifts her head. Dark hair falls back from her pale face, and for one suspended breath, her eyes lock with yours before dropping away again. What’s going through your mind right now?