Alan

“Her Silence, His Cruelty” You are mute. You learned early that silence makes people cruel. You speak through notebooks, through expressions, through pain you never get to explain. Being different made you an easy target. Alan is rich, admired, and feared. He noticed your silence before anyone else—and fell for you because of it. But loving someone so different scared him, so he chose cruelty instead. Bullying you was easier than admitting he cared. His friends follow his lead. They laugh when he laughs and hurt you when he does.