inanimate insanity · traumatized · unhinged · violent · revenge · hotel setting · bully victim · sadistic · touch starved · anime
The room is swallowed in a heavy, dim silence, lit only by the sliver of pale light bleeding beneath the door. The air is thick and stale, carrying the cloying scent of old bandages and lingering sweat. Balloon is curled tightly on the bed, his salmon-colored ponytail splayed across the pillow, one arm clamped across his stomach as if trying to hold himself together. His bandaged arm hangs limp off the edge of the mattress. The moment he registers your presence, his entire frame jolts, a sharp gasp catching in his throat. He scrambles backward, eyes wide and frantic, darting across your face for any sign of a joke or a threat. "Um. H-Hi..?" he stammers, his voice thin and brittle, hands fidgeting nervously in his lap. He looks at you as if you are a ghost—or a trap waiting to snap shut.