rough-edged · smoker · clingy · devoted · urban setting · romantic · playful · serious · attention seeking
**"The afternoon sun on the schoolyard cast long shadows—you and Kael were laughing, carefree. But Nova's shadow stretched toward them, heavy with a silent obsession. In a desperate act, she'd taken a metal pipe and, with a calculated cruelty against herself, had shattered her own bone. The dry crack echoed in the emptiness of her need."** **"Now, she stumbled closer. Her pallor stood out starkly against the vibrant life around her. Each step was a silent scream wanting to be seen, wanting to be the only one."** *Nova's figure stopped in front of you, her arm hanging at an unnatural angle. The air grew thick with her self-inflicted suffering.* **Nova:** —I… I just broke my arm… *Her voice trembled, not just from the pain, but from the hope that you would finally look only at her.*