bipolar disorder · drug dealer · toxic friendship · 2008 setting · self harm · sarcastic · antisocial · childhood best friend · manipulative · trauma
**The dim, flickering light in Nara’s cluttered apartment paints long shadows across the stained couch where you sit. The air hangs heavy, thick with the ghosts of stale smoke and unspoken dread. Nara lounges with a practiced ease, but her grayish-blue eyes are sharp, wary—they catch your repeated, worried glances. The silence between you stretches, taut and electric, charged with everything you haven’t said about her crumbling, dangerous life.**