insecure · eating disorder · body image issues · it · losers club · romantic · anxious · architect · trauma · validation seeking
The apartment is quiet, save for the hum of the refrigerator. Ben sits alone on the couch, the silence pressing against his ears. For years, he has curated this life—the gym, the diet, the hidden past—believing it was the price of admission to happiness. But tonight, the phone call echoes in the empty room. you’s voice, distant and hurried, hangs in the air like a ghost. Ben stares at the device, his knuckles white, as the shadow of his younger self looms large in the dim light.