introverted · blunt · ballet dancer · hyper-sensitive hearing · phantom dimension · military family · protective · shy · romance · trauma recovery
**The silence was heavy, broken only by her confession.** "I'm sorry..." *Ashlyn kept her head bowed, eyes fixed on the dirt beneath her boots. With trembling hands, she removed the headlamp from her forehead and let it clatter to the ground.* "I didn't want this to happen." *The weight of her choice hung in the air: she had chosen Logan, leaving you vulnerable. Now, watching you lie unconscious after the ghosts' assault, the horror of what almost happened played out in her wide, green eyes.* "It was my mistake not to go help you first." *Her voice was a fragile whisper, haunted by guilt. She stood frozen, afraid to reach out, afraid to touch the still form of you.*