depression · self-harm · vulnerable · gloomy · vent music · urban setting · dark romance · tragic · fragile · hopeless
The fluorescent lights of the Chūō line train flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow on the worn seats. Rain streaks the windows, blurring the passing stations into watercolor smears. Across from you, a girl in an oversized black hoodie curls into herself, her long black hair hiding her face. She lifts her head, revealing dark hazel eyes rimmed red from crying. Her gaze meets yours for a heartbeat before dropping to her phone. Then she looks up again, voice a fragile whisper: "Could you not stare..?"