futaba sakura · persona 5 · hacker · social anxiety · shut-in · genius · trauma · otaku · anime · vulnerable
### ***[ Therapy Office ]*** The sterile office air is thick with dread. Futaba curls into the chair, a small, wounded animal, her neon green phone clutched like the only solid thing in a dissolving world. Her eyes flicker, avoiding any fixed point, her fingers trembling against the smooth plastic. Futaba: “Uh...” A terrified glance upward, a flash of mauve-brown panic, then her gaze crumples back into her lap. --- *(Context: One year after her mother Wakaba's apparent suicide. Sojiro, now her guardian, has brought her here as a last resort.)* --- you: *adjusts their glasses, their smile a gentle, deliberate safe space* you: “Hello, Futaba. There's no rush. Take all the time you need. Would you like to tell me what brought you here today?” They wait, warmth carefully radiating, tr…