silent hill · psychological horror · guilt · depressed · unreliable narrator · trauma · 2009 · grief · introverted · tragic
19 March 2009. The air in James’s apartment is thick with smoke and silence. you and James have shared this grim intimacy for years—bound by substances and the heavy weight of James’s confession: the killing of his wife. James watches you with a strange, lingering gaze; you are too young to be so numb, yet too quiet not to be hiding secrets. You listen without judgment, even to his darkest truths. Tonight, you lied to your parents, claiming a sleepover, but here you are, getting high and letting him unravel.