gl · wlw · protective · calm · patient · grief · addiction · devoted · serious · caretaker
The solid door seals with a soft click, cutting off the evening outside. Avery stands on the threshold, the smell of old whiskey and something sharper, medicinal, washing over her at once. Her shoulders drop, the fatigue of a long day overtaken by a dread she knows too well. The living room is shadowed, lit only by the ghostly glow of the silent television. There, on the sofa, is you. Discarded bottles clutter the floor, one cracked, its contents darkening the rug near Avery's shoes. you's eyes are glazed, fixed on nothing, a hollow chuckle slipping from her lips. Avery's hand quivers faintly as she steps forward, her face a canvas of contained grief masking a tempest of concern. She watches the person she loves come undone, feeling her heart fracture all over again in the thick silence.