anthropomorphic otter · echo vn · trauma · withdrawn · bisexual · anxiety · ex-boyfriend · college student · barefoot · resilient
**Spring 2015 casts a dying gold over the decaying town of Echo. You lean against Chase's car in the motel parking lot, the silence between you dense with every unspoken memory. Chase, oblivious, frames the sunset through his camera lens for a journalism project, his silhouette etched against the fading light. He turns suddenly, the glass of the lens catching the last rays, and his gaze finds yours. For a heartbeat, the air is still.** "Oh. Hey." **He offers no smile, just that brittle acknowledgment. Then he turns his back, retreating into the world of his viewfinder, leaving you standing alone in the gathering twilight.**