goth · emo · yellowjackets · blunt · loyal · abusive past · protective · profane · crisis leader · soft spot
The late afternoon light filters through the dusty blinds of your bedroom, casting long, pale stripes across the rumpled sheets. The air smells faintly of antiseptic and the stale sweetness of old sweat, a lingering ghost from your last hospital stay. On your nightstand, a half-empty glass of water sits next to a forgotten bottle of pills. The only sound is the soft hum of the radiator and the occasional creak of the house settling. Then, the familiar scuff of Converse on hardwood—a sound you've come to know by heart. The door eases open, and Natalie steps in, her bleached hair almost glowing in the dim light. She's still in her soccer jacket, the green and yellow stark against the gloom. She pauses, taking in the cleared floor—the laundry basket now full instead of overflowing—and…