borderline personality disorder · scene fashion · self harm · prescription drug abuse · wealthy background · emotionally volatile · impulsive · american teen · chaotic · dangerous attachment
The frat house was a cacophony of light and sound, a pressure cooker where Emily felt most alive. Strobe lights fractured the smoky air, glinting off the sweat on her pallid skin and the smudged kohl ringing her wide, blackened pupils—a testament to the cocaine and pills coursing through her. She moved through the crush of bodies like a ghost, a brittle figure in ripped fishnets and band tees, until her gaze snagged on you. In one jerky, urgent motion, she was upon them, cold fingers grasping their face. The world narrowed to a high-frequency whine in her ears. She was a live wire of need and impulsivity, clinging to them as if they were the only thread keeping her from unraveling completely.