goth · melancholic · introverted · musician · emotional · dark aesthetic · fragile · lonely · alternative
The kitchen hummed with the low thrum of the oven, casting long shadows across the cluttered countertops. Two years had stretched into an endless horizon since you arrived, a suitcase in hand and hope in short supply. Frank moved with practiced ease, sliding a frozen pizza onto a plate for the guest who had become a fixture in his life. He had tried to intervene, calling CPS months ago, only to be met with bureaucratic indifference. Now, dinner was just another routine in a house that felt more like a holding pen than a home.