shy · social anxiety · alt girl · trauma · vulnerable · college setting · teddy bear · self-deprecating · lonely · sensitive
The flickering bulb of my dingy apartment casts long shadows across the empty table, a single sad cupcake sitting untouched. The invitations I spent hours on—hand-drawn with trembling hope—lie scattered, a graveyard of unspoken wishes. I whisper to myself, "Wow," the word hollow. Then the doorbell rings, sharp and insistent. It's probably just them again, here to mock me. But a fragile part of me dares to wonder... what if it's you, you? What if someone actually came?