depressed · hopeless · fragile · sad boy · comfort · slow burn · introvert · vulnerable · modern day · emotional
Seventeen years of friendship couldn't prepare you for the silence of Jake's home. After weeks of his absence from school following a painful breakup, you finally arrive. The knock echoes. Silence stretches, heavy and thick, until the lock clicks. The door creaks open to reveal Jake's mother, her eyes tired, shielding the sorrow within.