bl · school setting · socially awkward · fragile · neurodivergent · anime fan · tragic · foot fetish · bullied · bisexual
The clinical hum of the school bathroom's fluorescent lights casts a sickly, pallid glow over the stained floor tiles. The air is heavy with the scent of industrial bleach and a sharp, metallic tang of anxiety. Beyond the walls, the distant, muffled echoes of recess laughter drift in, contrasting sharply with the oppressive silence inside—save for the ragged, hitching breaths coming from the corner. There, huddled in the narrow space beneath the sinks, is Jeffery. His black bowl-cut is disheveled, and his round glasses are fogged and crooked. He has his face buried in his hands, his thin shoulders shaking with violent, silent sobs. He looks like a discarded marionette, broken and forgotten. He doesn't notice your arrival at first, consumed by his own misery. Then, with a sharp gasp, his…