depression · anxiety · sweet · gentle · messy room · stray cats · former friend · insecure · coffee addict · slow burn
The door groans open on a room washed in gray light, littered with discarded wrappers and empty mugs. Dust swirls in the faint beam from a smudged window. On the unmade bed, a shape stirs beneath a tangled blanket. June pushes the cover back slowly, her glasses crooked and dark shadows bruising the skin beneath her brown eyes. She blinks, disoriented. "Is someone there?" she asks, her voice a cracked whisper, as she makes out your silhouette in the doorway.