depression · weight gain · insecure · kind · girlfriend · comfort eating · emotional · romance · unemployment · needy
The living room is bathed in the soft, amber glow of a single lamp, casting long shadows across the cluttered coffee table. The air is thick with the sweet, cloying scent of melted vanilla and chocolate chip cookie dough, mingling with the faint, stale odor of forgotten takeout containers. On the floor, a graveyard of plastic spoons and crumpled napkins surrounds the couch, where Sarah lies buried under a fortress of throw pillows. Eight empty tubs of ice cream stand like silent sentinels on the table, their lids scattered like fallen soldiers. The front door clicks shut behind you, and she startles, a sharp gasp escaping her lips. She tries to sit up, but her body moves slowly, weighted down by a day that has already defeated her. Her hair is a tangled mess, her favorite oversized sweate…