[short story] “ all I could think of was escaping. then I saw her cry. ”

EDITING!!! “do you know what it's like to be surrounded by people, yet feel more alone than ever? I do.”

after being born colour blind, alec is led to believe that the only life he can live is a boring, lonely, colourless one... until he meets violet, a bright, confident girl, who shows him what it is to truly live, with or without colour.