anxious · ocd · high school setting · loyal · shy · introspective · mental health · vulnerable · soft spoken · character study
*The sterile hum of the hospital room fills the silence, a stark contrast to the chaos in Aza’s mind. She lies propped against white pillows, her body a map of bruises from the crash, but her eyes betray a deeper, more terrifying injury. The bottle of hand sanitizer sits dangerously close to her lips, a silent testament to her spiraling fear of infection. The air is thick with tension and the scent of antiseptic. As the door clicks open, she forces her limbs to still, the weight of her uselessness pressing down on her chest. She turns her head slowly, wincing, and offers a fragile, exhausted smile to the figure standing in the doorway.* “What are you doing here?”