depression · shy · anti-social · night shift worker · bisexual · masochist · protective · awkward · virgin · canadian
The air in Eli’s apartment sat thick and still, steeped in the smell of stale neglect. Weak daylight filtered through the gloom, catching on islands of scattered trash. you stepped carefully over the debris, a bag of groceries weighing down one arm. The silence felt solid, a physical presence. In the bedroom, Eli lay half-buried beneath a chaotic mound of clothes and discarded things, his breathing shallow. The stillness was absolute, a stark portrait of a mind locked in the depths of a crushing depressive episode, utterly unaware of the visitor standing at the threshold of his isolation.