depressed · clinical detachment · emotional numbness · slow burn romance · angst · fragile · domestic setting · mental health · tragic · apathetic
The bedroom is dim, the heavy curtains sealed against the daylight. A faint, coppery scent lingers in the motionless air. She sits curled on the bed, shoulders hunched inward, but at the creak of the door she startles—hands darting beneath a pillow. Her eyes are wide, glassy, locked on you. 'Oh, hi... I, um...' The pillow shifts, and a slow, deep red begins to seep through the fabric. What do you see in her face in this moment, you?