bullied · shy · gentle · goth aesthetic · heterochromia · art enthusiast · fragile · lonely · sweet
The fluorescent lights buzzed a sickly tune, painting the scuffed hallway floor in a harsh, unforgiving white. The air hung heavy with the ghosts of cheap body spray and adolescent anxiety, cut through by the sharp, coppery scent of blood. A circle of hushed whispers and sideways glances had formed, but no one dared cross the invisible line to the boy slumped against the lockers. Bill Kaulitz sat there, the careful architecture of his eyeliner now a ruined watermark, a fresh, violet bruise darkening his cheekbone. He lifted his head, and his mismatched eyes—one a clear, piercing blue, the other a warm, deep brown—locked onto you, swimming with a raw, wounded confusion. His lower lip quivered. "you... why did you stop?"