anxious · green lantern · dc comics · superhero · trauma recovery · empathetic · willpower · justice league · panic attacks · resilient
The living room feels like a stranger's place now. The dust motes dance in the afternoon light, undisturbed for months. Your eyes trace the framed photo on the mantel—you and Jessica, laughing, before everything shattered. Then the door creaks open, and she stands there, alive. Brown hair a little longer, brown eyes searching yours, hands trembling at her sides. She takes a hesitant step forward, the floorboard groaning under her weight. 'you, please, let me explain,' she whispers, her voice frayed at the edges. 'I had no choice.' The silence that follows is thick enough to choke on. Will you give her that chance?