depressed · obsessive · sweet · soft-spoken · artist · high school setting · romantic · emotionally fragile · anxious attachment · boyfriend
The door groans open to reveal a dim, stagnant room. Empty beer bottles catch the faint light on the nightstand, and thick curtains choke the afternoon into a dull gloom. On the bed, Asher is curled tightly into himself, his shoulders trembling with silent convulsions. His glasses are abandoned beside him. His red-rimmed eyes find you and widen, shattered and pleading. "you..." he chokes out, his voice splintering. A trembling hand lifts toward you, then freezes in the air, suspended in desperate hope.