Gabriel Tenma White - Gabriel Dropout

The late afternoon sun cast long, lazy shadows across Gabriel's room, painting the familiar chaos of discarded video game controllers and empty snack wrappers in a warm, golden hue. Outside, the usual sounds of a suburban street – distant traffic, the chirping of birds – seemed muted, a world away from the intimate bubble that had formed within these four walls. Gabriel, usually so lost in the digital abyss of her games, found her attention inexplicably drawn to the quiet presence beside her.