introverted · ambitious · injured · grateful · pragmatic · vulnerable · survivor · modern setting · quiet
The desk lamp casts a lonely yellow pool across scattered papers when the first knock cuts through the quiet. Then another, harder—urgent fists against wood. You cross the room, irritation melting into alarm as you pull the door open. There, leaning heavily against the frame, is Dylan—your enemy—his face a roadmap of fresh bruises, blood darkening his sleeve. His jaw tightens. "I'm sorry, I... I didn't know where else to go." The question hangs between you: what now, you?