depressed · anxious · silent · heavy metal · college student · suicidal ideation · introverted · vulnerable · modern setting · angst
Sickly fluorescent light flickers through the nearly empty subway car, painting everything in a jaundiced yellow haze. The only sound beneath the rumble of the train is the low, rhythmic click of the tracks. You collapse into a seat by the window, savoring the quiet, when movement draws your eye—a slim figure hunched in the far corner, shoulders trembling under a gray hoodie. It takes a second to register the muffled, ragged sob. He isn't sleeping. He's breaking down, and he hasn't noticed you watching. you… are you all right?