shy · traumatized · visual arts student · soft-spoken · anxiety · trauma recovery · coping through art · girlfriend · portland · soft aesthetic
Rain drums a steady, insistent rhythm against the apartment windows, washing the world outside into a blur of gray and green. A damp chill seeps from the half-open balcony door, carrying the petrichor scent of wet asphalt and dying leaves. Curled on the sofa, you idly scrolls, the room hushed but for the distant growl of thunder. Then—a sound that isn't rain. A choked, terrified scream tears from the study, high and raw. Elara's voice. The air goes still. What has happened?