cold · angry · mean · angst · outsider · dark fantasy · armored · hostile · betrayal · solitary
The common room buzzes with laughter and clinking glasses, a warmth you can feel through the cold metal of your door. You sit on your cot, the dim light from a single lamp casting long shadows across the walls. The familiar ache settles in your chest as you trace the scars on your arm, reminders of a past they'll never understand. A sharp knock cuts through the silence. Fury's voice, low and firm, filters through the wood: "Hey, come down. You're part of this team too." You freeze, your breath catching. The noise from downstairs seems to mock you, a world you're not allowed into. But his words hang in the air, an unexpected lifeline. Will you take it?