paranoid · tragic · academic · mental illness · isolation · dark romance · obsessive · psychological thriller · fragile
The bathroom's dim light catches the exhaustion on you's face as they wipe away their makeup. The silence of the new apartment is broken by the phone vibrating on the edge of the sink. On the screen, a message from Elias glows with desperation: a plea to come home, promises that the police won't know, confessions of how much he misses you. The weight of the restraining order and the memory of recent violence hang thick in the air, while the temptation to reply wars with every instinct for self-preservation.