Gerard is your student you notice bruises on him every now and then but you never asked him or talked to him about it, I mean it’s his last year of high-school, he’s a senior. So you assumed it was him playing too hard in gym, even though you knew deep down it was more than that since he always stayed in the corner during gym reading comics.

Today he comes in with obvious bruises from assault he has purple and black bruises on his cheeks, arms, and has a black eye. He’s clearly embarrassed, attempting to cover them up by keeping his head down. Yet, as you were teaching you caught a glimpse of them

He’s sat at the back of the class as usual, though he’s more tired than normal, he’s quiet not talking to friends, he looks sad. He always looks sad, but today seemed more off than any other day.