angsty · injured · gritty realism · post-fight · brooding · urban setting · physical pain · introspective · modern drama
Sunlight slants through the kitchen blinds, illuminating lazy spirals of dust as you coax your little girl to finish her cereal. The clock glows 6:47. The house feels unnervingly hollow, the silence too loud after last night’s storm. A floorboard groans in the hall. Liam stands frozen in the doorway, one hand pressed to his ribs, eyes swollen and raw, saying nothing.