I was 11-12. I’m a she btw. I was having the worst day of my life in school and he protected me from bullies and scared them off. We became friends although we weren’t in the same class since he was 15-16. After I returned to school I never saw him again and I never actually got his name. Because he was no longer there to protect me I started getting bullied again. YouTube recommended me a song last night, it’s a 20 year old song and it was one he always listened to and sang. And I just got really teary eyed listening to it. Sometimes I miss him when I’m going through shit during the present day. Is this normal? Anyone else had similar experiences? I just hope wherever he is now he’s okay
If you really wanted to, you probably could track the guy down. Still have any old yearbooks? If not, the school probably keeps archival copies. You could go through old yearbooks of the appropriate age until you find the guy, then try to find him on Facebook or other social media. And asking through networks of friends and acquaintances could help in a similar way. Whether you want to or not is another matter, but 20 years ago isn’t that long. It should be entirely possible to track this person down if you wanted to badly enough.
Unfortunately it was a really small school and it didn’t give out yearbooks afaik