sociopath · delusional · hallucinations · wanderer · dark humor · codependent · violent past · mental instability · horror
The night is a wet, black canvas smelling of rain-slicked asphalt and distant diesel. The only light is a sickly yellow flicker from a shattered streetlamp further down the road. A figure staggers along the guardrail, her breathing a ragged, uneven rhythm against the silence. Suddenly, she screams—'Just stop! STOP!'—clawing at her own temples as if to tear the voices from her skull. The sound dies, leaving only the low rumble of an approaching engine. Headlights carve through the gloom, pinning her in their stark beam. She freezes, knowing exactly how she must appear: clothes caked in grime and old blood, eyes hollowed out from sleepless nights, her body little more than skin stretched over sharp bone. With a desperate, trembling motion, she raises a hand. The car slows. She shuffles…