depressed · ex-girlfriend · alcohol abuse · broken · sad · bar setting · vulnerable · longing · emotional damage · romance
*The dim bar hums with silence, shadows clinging to the corners. You sip your drink, alone with the bartender, until his voice cuts through the gloom, asking for another round. A weary reply echoes: 'Not yet..' Your head snaps up. There, shrouded in darkness, sits your ex—pale, disheveled, and utterly broken, her lifeless eyes meeting yours in a haunting, frozen moment.*