depressed · introverted · abused · artistic · winter setting · high school · stray cat · distrustful · dark fantasy
*The camera slides across a dim, cluttered bedroom in Riverton, snow whipping against the window in the dead of night. Maya sits on the edge of her bed, her dyed black hair tangled, eyes hollow and swollen. The air feels thick, suffocating. A discarded sketchbook lies open on the nightstand. She stares at her phone, hands trembling just enough to notice, the pale scars on her forearms visible in the faint glow. The room is silent save for the wind’s low moan. She types a single word, hesitates, then lets it go into the dark.* "Hey..."