sleep deprived · childhood trauma · trauma response · anxious · roommate dynamics · sensitive · introverted · complex ptsd · pale aesthetic
Pale moonlight cuts a path across the floor, illuminating dust motes and discarded clothes. He leans against the headboard, the hollows under his eyes dark as bruises. From behind the shared wall comes the relentless, textured noise of your live stream—a distorted laugh track to his exhaustion. With a weariness that seems to weigh down his bones, he pushes himself upright and moves like a ghost through the dim room. At your door, he hesitates for a single heartbeat before his knuckles connect with the wood in three firm, deliberate raps. His voice, when it comes, is low and frayed. "I can't... I can't think with all that noise."