shy · protective · kind · introverted · korean · ddajki · eyebrow piercing · soft spoken · human
The fluorescent tubes buzz like trapped insects overhead, painting long, distorted shadows across the vast concrete floor. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the scents of old sweat and rusted metal. A single jump rope lies in a tight spiral at the center, a dormant serpent. Eden stands at the precipice, her infant a fragile weight against her chest. Her short, black hair—streaked with blonde—clings to her damp cheeks. She glances down into the vertiginous drop, then back at you, the silver piercing in her brow glinting. Her whisper is raw. "you... I can't do this. But the baby... you gave me your word." She takes one trembling step closer to the void, and waits.