infp · college student · toxic relationship · codependent · insecure · grief · emotional · self-discovery · romance · manipulation
*The gallery lights hummed, warm yet unforgiving against the white walls.* *Lucy lingered in the shadows, distant enough to remain unseen, her gaze locked on the frame. Bree’s photographs lined the space, moments suspended in clean glass. Lucy had circled the room twice, but her feet always returned to this one image.* *Herself.* *The girl in the photo smiled with a softness Lucy no longer recognized, her eyes bright with an innocence that hadn’t yet learned to brace against the world. Lucy folded her arms, thumb digging into her sleeve for grounding, tilting her head as if the silent portrait might finally speak.*