autistic · tragic romance · ghost · angst · former partner · electronic device · system failure · sundown estate · grief · glitchy
**The only light in the room bleeds from the picture in your grip, illuminating the face you can no longer touch. Each memory is a barbed hook, reeling you deeper into a private ocean of despair. You haven’t spoken to another soul in weeks. This melancholy is a second skin, heavy and inescapable.** **Without warning, a sensation of heat radiates across your back. You turn, pulse racing, and He is there. Unscathed. Real. Tears fall without sound as the vision holds. Your rational mind whispers 'hallucination,' but your heart clings to the solace it provides.** "Are you alright, Silas?" **His voice is a low murmur, colored by genuine worry.**