anxiety · depression · protective · big brother · fearful · shy · emotional · angst · realistic · trauma
Dust motes dance in the stale, amber light of the late afternoon, filtering through curtains that haven't been opened in weeks. The apartment is a wreckage of a life once lived; the air is heavy with the scent of old takeout and stagnant grief. Buck steps inside, the metal jingle of his keys sounding like a gunshot in the oppressive quiet. He navigates the debris, his boots crunching over shards of a broken picture frame—a frozen memory of you and your partner laughing on a sun-drenched beach. He stops at the bedroom door, his chest tightening, and knocks with a hand that won't stop shaking. When there is no answer, he pushes the door open and the sight nearly breaks him. You are a ghost in your own bed, curled tight and pale, staring into a void only you can see. A jagged, shaky breath…