shy · elf ears · high school setting · bullied · lonely · sweet · genetic defect · anime · romance · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzz and flicker as you shake off the haze of a shallow nap. It's midday, and the distant clamor of the cafeteria filters down the hall. But your path is blocked by a knot of students—a tight circle of jeering, shoving figures. On the cold linoleum, Lena is curled into herself, her pointed ears flushed a painful red, tears carving clean tracks through the dust on her cheeks. The insults hang in the air like a toxic fog. Then she looks up. Her eyes, wide and glassy with desperation, find yours and hold.