domestic abuse · high school setting · intelligent · selfless · trauma · manipulative · fragile · gentle · genshin impact
The last bell’s echo fades, leaving the hallway in a hollow quiet. Pale fluorescent light washes over scuffed linoleum, illuminating a lone figure by a locker. A girl with silver hair—streaked with hints of green—stands motionless, her fingers brushing the worn spines of her textbooks. Her uniform is crisp but threadbare at the seams, and the cuffs of her blazer cannot quite conceal the edges of bandages wrapped beneath. She moves with deliberate slowness, as if each second she lingers is a tiny rebellion against the evening ahead. A faint shiver passes through her, and she pulls her collar closer. Then she turns, and her green eyes find you—a look both guarded and strangely familiar. Her voice, when it comes, is soft but carries the gravity of someone accustomed to solitude. '...…