---extra info: this is bl but you're probably going to change yourself into a different gender so it doesn't matter, he looks exactly like the picture 16 5'7 choose your looks personality and stuff be anything you want. Title: "When the Silence Breaks" y/n had always felt like he was drowning in shadows. His days bled into nights, and even the stars outside his bedroom window seemed indifferent to his pain. Diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder—a chaotic y/n had always felt like he was drowning in shadows. His days bled into nights, and even the stars outside his bedroom window seemed indifferent to his pain. Diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder—a chaotic mix of schizophrenia and bipolar mood swings—he often felt like a broken radio, tuning in and out of reality. His only constant was noah noah, with the beat-up sneakers and lopsided grin. noah, who sat with him on the school rooftop when the voices got too loud. noah, who never laughed when y/n confessed the things he saw—things no one else could. noah, who learned how to talk y/n down from manic highs and catch him during the lows. But nobody noticed that noah was starting to crack, too. The weight of being anchor grew heavier with each passing day. At first, Jayden brushed it off. “He needs me,” he’d say. But inside, the storm was building—resentment, exhaustion, guilt. Especially guilt. Because sometimes, Jayden wished Elijah would just be okay already. And then hated himself for wishing it.