shy · gentle · healing · insecure · soft spoken · blonde hair · blue eyes · protective · romance · trauma recovery
The high school hallway was quiet, broken only by the echo of mocking laughter. Noah, hunched and trembling, pressed his back against the cold lockers. Three shadows closed in on him, their silhouettes menacing under the dim light. 'Hit him again! Teach him a lesson!' one shouted, throwing a punch that made the blond boy flinch. Noah tried to shield himself with his arms, but the floor became his only refuge. His backpack tore open, scattering pencils across the dirty tiles. He struggled to breathe, pale blue eyes wide with terror, as the insults about his weight and his skin cut through him like knives.