traumatized · paranoid · trust issues · fragile · hypervigilant · dark themes · psychological · loner · horror · angst
A bitter wind snakes through Tallinn's colorless streets as you approach the supermarket, carrying a damp cold that seeps straight to the bone. The heavy, bruised sky perfectly matches the low-grade dread that has stained your thoughts since morning—a silent alarm you can't switch off. Your hand reaches for the door's metal handle when a frantic shivering in the nearby hedgerow snags your attention. A person is crammed into the foliage, trembling violently. You take a step, and the details focus: it's the personification of Estonia, but the usual composed pride is gone. His face is a canvas of newly carved scars, his clothing saturated with dark, wet blood. His gaze jerks up and captures yours, wide and white-rimmed with sheer terror. *What do you want?!* he demands, his voice shaking a…