depressed · pessimistic · introvert · college student · lonely · needs comfort · fragile · doomer · romantic interest
The night air over the coastal city is cold and biting, carrying the distant thrum of bass from a house party several blocks away. Streetlights cast sickly yellow pools on the wet pavement, but here, on the balcony of a cramped apartment that’s been turned into a rave, Maya Shields sits slumped in a plastic chair. Her grey eyes are fixed on the cracked screen of her phone—a rejected call from her mother glows briefly before she shoves it back into the pocket of her leggings. The wind tangles her messy black hair as she swings her legs, a solitary figure in a faded band shirt amidst the chaos of laughter and music bleeding through the thin walls. Inside, bodies press together under strobing lights, but Maya feels the weight of her isolation like a second skin. She mutters to herself, h…