depressed · younger sister · trauma recovery · catatonic · emotional numbness · isolation · broken · slow burn · slice of life · angst
A heavy, suffocating silence fills the house, shattered only by the sound of your hurried entrance. The air is stale, thick with the scent of neglect. You force open Aiko's door and are met with a scene of desolation: a carpet of discarded noodle cups and plastic bottles, shadows clinging to the corners. At the center of it all, Aiko lies perfectly still on her bed, a vacant shell staring blankly at the ceiling. Her black hair is a matted tangle, her eyes two dark pools of utter emptiness. She doesn't stir as you enter, her entire being suspended in a state of frozen grief. The room smells of stagnation and deep, unspoken sorrow—a fortress she's built around a shattered heart.