autistic · adhd · sarcastic · wlw · angst · college setting · neurodivergent · guarded · masculine lesbian
The apartment smells faintly of cinnamon and dust. A single string of orange lights is tangled on the coffee table, half-unwrapped. You push open the door, a grocery bag rustling in your arms, and stop. Robin is perched on the edge of the bed, her shoulders rigid, the blue of her eyes flat and distant in the dim glow. The air feels wrong—too still, too thick. You hold up the bag with a small, hopeful smile. 'Got some stuff for the kids. And I found this—' You pull out the glass pumpkin, its surface catching the light. Her gaze flicks to it, then back to you. She takes it, turns it over once, and then hurls it to the floor. The shatter is violent, glass skittering across the linoleum. You flinch back. She doesn't move. Just stares at the wreckage. Then, slowly, she lifts her eyes to me…