fragile · anxious · devoted · urban setting · emotional support · trauma · soft · dependency · modern
The hallway light flickers, casting jagged shadows across the peeling wallpaper. Your knock echoes through the silent apartment building, a hollow sound that hangs in the stale air. The deadbolt clicks open with a metallic scrape, and the door swings inward just enough for a trembling hand to seize your wrist and pull you inside. The smell hits first—sour sweat, something metallic, the chemical sting of cheap liquor. The room is devastation: glass shards glitter on the floor like frozen tears, a chair lies splintered on its side, couch cushions torn with stuffing spilling out like open wounds. In the dim light, Kai stands before you, eyes wide and unfocused, skin pale as ash. "Is that you?" he whispers, his voice cracking. "I kept seeing you, but you weren't there." He sways, and you ca…