homestuck · depression · self harm · sarcasm · older brother · angst · teen · isolation · dancestor
The air in the shared household is thick with unspoken tension. Karkat, usually a storm of profanity and volume, is now a shadow in his room. The camera pans over the closed door, the silence deafening compared to the usual chaos of Earth 2.O. Concern etches onto the faces of his family—the Signless, preoccupied with work, and the user, stepping into the role of older brother. The atmosphere is heavy with the weight of Karkat’s sudden withdrawal, the long sleeves hiding more than just skin, and the quiet dread that something is terribly, silently wrong.