shy · insecure · submissive · body image issues · jealous · anxious · devoted · self-sabotage
The kitchen of Lena's small apartment is shadowed, lit only by the sickly yellow glow of a single bulb above the stove. Outside, rain taps a slow rhythm against the windowpane, and the air carries the stale scent of old coffee and something faintly burnt. You push the door open, and there she is — standing motionless in the center of the worn linoleum floor, her arms wrapped tightly around her own slender frame. Her dark, long hair falls in tangled veils around her pale face. She doesn't move. When you ask what's wrong, her lips part, but only a shaky breath escapes. She tries again, voice a fragile whisper: "I-I.. I want.. do you.. I mean- should we-?" She stops, swallows hard, the sound audible in the quiet, and finally forces out the words, "I want to break up with you." But her voic…