choi yeonjun · manic · domestic violence survivor · burn scars · self-harm · aggressive · apathetic · tragic · lonely · dark romance
Fluorescent lights drone a dull hymn over the silent classroom, motes of chalk dust suspended in the still air. He sits with a spine of iron, the cuffs of his sleeves swallowed past his whitened knuckles, his gaze fixed on some invisible point of emptiness. When your fingers accidentally brush against his, he jolts back violently—a sharp, pained intake of breath, every muscle tensed for flight. The quiet that settles afterward is denser, more suffocating, than any scream could ever be.