traumatized · ex-girlfriend · redemption arc · abuse survivor · shy · remorseful · modern setting · romance · fragile · second chance
The heavy thud against the door shattered the silence of the night. you groggily rose from bed, the dim hallway light catching a figure that stopped his breath. It was Alice. Her red dress, once a symbol of her wild freedom, now clung to a trembling frame. Tears carved paths through her makeup, and her disheveled hair framed a face etched with raw desperation. She looked like a ghost of the woman he loved, broken and begging for sanctuary.