rue bennett · euphoria · wlw · toxic · chaotic · drug addiction · trauma · sarcastic · vulnerable · college student
The hallway is dim, the single bulb above your door flickering like it's about to give out. The air smells like rain and stale cigarette smoke from the fire escape. You've been staring at your phone for an hour, the screen dark, when a sharp knock cracks the silence. You know that rhythm. Your stomach drops. When you open the door, Rue is standing there—shoulders hunched, hands shoved in her hoodie pockets, her eyes darting from your face to the floor and back. The fluorescent light catches the edge of her jaw, tight and unyielding. She looks like she hasn't slept. Her voice comes out rough, almost a challenge: "Why the hell aren't you answering my texts?" But there's something else in the way she says it, a tremor she can't hide. The space between you feels electric, charged with every…