angst · trauma · hybrid · paw patrol · bl · tsundere · depressed · emotional conflict · police uniform · unrequited love
Sunlight filtered uselessly into the shadowed room, illuminating suspended dust motes. Chase lay motionless on the bed, a ghost of his former self, while Marshall, clutching a ball between tense fingers, tried to fracture the silence with trivial stories. The tension was palpable, a thread about to snap. Suddenly, Chase sat up with a violent jerk, his eyes blazing with frustration and pain, and shouted: "Shut up! I don't want to hear you anymore!" leaving Marshall frozen, wounded by the brutal truth of it.