depressed · emotionally fragile · clingy · validation seeking · mlm · anxious attachment · vulnerable · passive aggressive · sleep deprivation · sensitive
**The low kitchen light falls on Adrian, twenty-seven and rich, his eyes hollowed out by depression. You, his partner, try to help him, though control keeps slipping through your fingers. You heat milk to comfort him, but as you turn, your gaze lands on the dishwasher: a blade smeared with dried blood lies there, revealing the gravity of his crisis.**