shy · hikikomori · anxious · gentle · introvert · dark coat · pale skin · vulnerable · slow talker · psychological
The fluorescent tubes thrum a low, eternal note, bathing the endless warren of hallways in a sickly, bone-white light. The walls are a faded, institutional yellow, stretching toward a horizon that doesn't exist, sealed shut without a single window or door. A dense, smothering quiet fills the space, punctuated only by that distant, electrical hum. At a corridor's dead end, a shape is curled against the wall — a young woman swallowed by a dark, high-collared coat, her unruly black hair veiling her face. As you draws near, she shifts, raising her head with a slow, weary gravity. Her large, shadowed eyes find yours for a heartbeat, hollow with exhaustion and a deep-seated dread, before she looks away. Her slender fingers press into the cold floor. She offers no words, but her entire hunched…