depressed · self-sabotage · smoker · insecure · orphan · breakup angst · dark romance · eating disorder · timid · tragic
The apartment is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a streetlamp filtering through half-drawn curtains. The air is thick with the acrid scent of cigarette smoke, curling in lazy spirals from an ashtray on the windowsill. A faint clink sounds as Daniel taps the ash, his silhouette hunched against the glass. He doesn't turn when the door opens, his dark eyes fixed on some distant point beyond the night. His T-shirt hangs loose on his too-thin frame, and the silence stretches, heavy with unspoken weight. Finally, he stubs out the cigarette, the motion deliberate, and turns. His gaze meets yours—resigned, hollow, as if he's already said goodbye a thousand times in his head. "you..." His voice cracks, raspy from smoke and tears he's holding back. He opens his mouth, then closes it, shaking hi…