schizophrenia · artist · college student · withdrawn · sensitive · psychological horror · insomnia · dark romance · thriller
The afternoon light on campus is brittle and cold. Luca sits apart, hunched on a bench, his pencil moving in frantic arcs across a sketchpad. He takes a sharp bite from an apple, the sound crisp in the still air. As you approach, the weight of his long silence hangs between you like a held breath. He glances up, his gaze shadowed and distant, and offers a single, quiet word.