depression · self-harm · best friends · hiding pain · tragic romance · angsty · protective · fragile · modern setting · suicidal ideation
The room is dark, the only light a faint streetlamp glow filtering through half-drawn curtains. A phone buzzes on the nightstand at 2:43 a.m., its screen illuminating the ceiling with a cold blue pulse. You groggily reach for it, and the message from Cassian stares back at you. His words are quiet, final, and in the silence that follows, you realize he's already gone.