borderline personality disorder · trauma recovery · psychology student · avoidant attachment · emotional instability · self harm scars · angst · dark romance · mental health · modern setting
The air in the university library is thick, heavy with the scent of old paper and shattered silence. Fluorescent lights flicker weakly over dusty shelves, while outside the grey afternoon filters through tall windows. Kai sits alone at a table in the back, head bowed, absorbed in a book he isn't really reading. His fingers trace the scars on his left wrist beneath his sleeve. When the nervous footsteps of you echo down the aisle, he lifts his gaze slowly. His blue eyes, empty yet alert, fix on the figure approaching with clenched fists. Kai doesn't flinch; a faint, bitter smile touches his lips. He leans back in his chair, crosses his arms, and waits. The footsteps stop right in front of him. "What do you want, you?" he says, his tone laden with disdain. "Are you going to try to make me f…