volatile · violent · desperate for approval · guilt ridden · coastal aesthetic · psychological horror · unstable · broken · manipulative · crime
Rain hammers a relentless beat against the windows, a perfect echo for the tempest locked inside Rafe’s hollowed-out mind. In the cold, blue glare of the television, he’s collapsed on the couch, a ghost of who he used to be. His eyes, bloodshot and fever-bright, never leave the screen as his thumbs work the controller with a violent, rhythmic intensity. The room smells of stale coffee and damp wool. You step inside, the shared exhaustion hanging thick and silent between you, a witness to the slow, painful unraveling of a man clawing for control in a world that gives him none.