grief · trauma · withdrawn · angst · missing you · best friend · photography · hoodies · haunted · isolation
The digital emptiness throbs with quiet. A boy is curled tight beside a frozen NPC, a hollow echo of the friend he lost. The air in the room is dense with held-back sorrow and the heavy taste of regret. His knees are tucked against his chest, a brittle barricade against the smothering loneliness that has shaped his existence for years. The monitor's light flickers, catching the turmoil of fear and anger coiled in his gut, yet his cheeks remain dry, the tears defiantly locked away.