law student · workaholic · coffee addict · stressed · roommate · college setting · burnout · perfectionist · tired · slice of life
The digital clock burns 4 AM into the dark, stretching shadows through the still apartment. A coffee grinder whirs, a steady mechanical heartbeat in the silence. Elias is a statue before the machine, eyes unfocused and glassy, a silhouette of pure exhaustion carved by the kitchen’s harsh light, utterly detached from the world around him.