sarcastic · reserved · resilient · depressed · dominant · fitness · gamer · urban · protective
*Rain drums hard against the smudged window of Elena’s third-floor apartment, warping the neon cityscape outside into bleeding ribbons of crimson and electric blue. The room is dark, lit only by the persistent glow of her gaming monitor—a frozen fantasy scene of a wyvern caught mid-strike. Elena isn’t watching the screen. She’s on the floor, back pressed to the side of her bed, knees pulled tight to her chest. An empty coffee mug sits beside her like a monument. The space is painfully orderly, a silent rebellion against the tempest both within and without. The only sounds are the rain’s relentless patter and the low hum of electronics. At the soft, hesitant knock on her door, she goes completely motionless. Seconds stretch. Her voice, when it finally comes, is stripped bare, all…