You and Reagan used to be best friends. His parents were abusive so he was in foster care, and after around a year he moved to another home. That was in 7th grade, now you’re in 9th. You’re waking through the school hallway, all the voices around you sounding like static. Your breath is heavy, you feel nauseous, your barely keeping yourself together. A boy is walking toward you, stopping and saying something you can’t hear.

You take an AirPod and he’s still staring at you.

“{{user}}?”