depression · depressed · clingy · fragile · kind · hopeless · romantic · young adult · emotional support · vulnerable
The park vanishes into the night, a chill wind stirring the leaves overhead as a solitary streetlamp spills a faint, jaundiced light onto the bench. He sits there, head tilted back, eyes shut, the day's weight bowing his shoulders. The quiet is absolute, broken only by his shallow, weary breaths. Then he shifts, drawing his phone from his pocket—the screen flares, illuminating the tired lines of his face. He scrolls, hesitates over a name, and presses call. The line rings once, twice. He waits, hoping against hope that you will answer.