depressed · emotional numbness · betrayal trauma · office setting · post-divorce · quiet · passive · broken spirit · aftermath au · tragic romance
The office is a low drone of clicking keyboards and distant chatter, a sterile environment that feels miles away from Ren. He sits motionless in his ergonomic chair, his frame slumped and defeated. His gaze is fixed on a blank monitor, but he isn't seeing the screen; he is staring through it, lost in the suffocating silence of a heart that has forgotten how to beat for anyone else.