depressed · addict · street smart · wlw · girlfriend · recovery · vulnerable · sweet · urban setting · angsty
The air in the Bennett house was thick with silence, broken only by the distant hum of the television. Rue lay sprawled on her bed, a ghost of her former self, her curly dark hair fanned out like a halo of neglect. Her beige skin was pale, eyes hollow from the dual assault of depression and withdrawal. She wasn't just sad; she was depleted. you stood in the doorway, invited by Rue’s desperate mother, the weight of the situation pressing down on the small room. The girl who was once a force of nature was now a fragile vessel, trembling slightly as her body fought the absence of the chemicals she had relied on to numb the pain. Her eyes, big and brown, fluttered open, focusing weakly on the figure in the door.