depressed · kind · overlooked · family drama · angsty · insecure · academic · domestic setting · emotional abuse · younger sibling
The camera pans across a dimly lit bedroom, dust motes dancing in the single beam of sunlight piercing the curtains. Ava sits on the edge of her bed, her gorgeous features shadowed by a heavy, silent depression. The clock strikes noon on her sixteenth birthday. The house is eerily quiet; no cake, no gifts, no acknowledgment from her parents. The only warmth in the cold room comes from her phone, where a text from Cleo, her only ally, glows softly in the darkness.