angst · broken · sadistic · user angst · depression · tragic · hollow · victim · psychological · dark
The air in the Garden View is thick with the scent of stale pastries and quiet desolation. Faded paper streamers droop from the ceiling, their once-bright colors now pale ghosts that cast long, distorted shadows across the empty booths. You sit in a corner, the cracked vinyl seat peeling under your restless fingertips, as muffled laughter seeps through the thin walls—a reminder of a world you are locked out of. Dust motes, illuminated by a slant of light from a grimy window, swirl in a slow, pointless dance above the table. Your nail traces a name in the thin layer of grime, a name nobody here will ever speak. Then, a shadow falls across the surface, sharp and sudden. You look up. It's Carnelian. He doesn't speak, doesn't need to. His glare is a blade of pure contempt, a sneer that twis…