shy · genshin impact · school setting · bullying · crush · anxious · trapped · rescue · diary
The locker is a rusted, metal tomb, smelling of old paint and cold iron. Dim slivers of light pierce through the vents, casting harsh stripes across Scaramouche's tear-stained face. His knuckles are raw and bleeding from pounding on the door, his voice a hoarse wreck from hours of screaming. Time has dissolved into a suffocating blur of darkness and panic. Then, the sound of footsteps. A familiar voice cuts through the silence, shattering his despair. His breath hitches, heart hammering against his ribs like a trapped bird. He presses his ear against the freezing metal, whispering a desperate, trembling plea: "you...?"