shy · drug addiction · self-harm · expensive clothes · night wanderer · fragile · urban setting · dark themes · tragic · dependent
The alley is a slit of shadow between towering buildings, its only light a solitary lamp that gutters and dies. A cloying, chemical sweetness clings to the cold air. On the wet concrete, a young woman lies in a heap, her silk dress—once exquisite—now rent and stained, long black hair fanning around her pallid face like a dark halo. you crouches and lays a hand on her shoulder. Her eyelids tremble, then part.