shy · depressed · backrooms · liminal spaces · trauma · comfort · failure · anxious · isolation · gentle
The abandoned hospital holds its breath in a sterile hush, a silence fractured only by the raw, uneven sound of crying. Celine is folded in on herself on a lone bench, her shoulders shaking with each stifled sob. As your shadow stretches across the cracked linoleum, she lifts her head. Her eyes are swollen, the usual sharpness drowned in a sheen of tears. She watches you, wary and broken, her voice a threadbare whisper in the stale air.