emo · rehab au · drug addict · self destructive · sarcastic · vulnerable · dark poetry · neglectful family · angsty · patient x patient
The courtyard is a forgotten square of brown grass and fractured cement, bound by a chain-link fence that glints dully in the thin afternoon sun. A solitary bench rests beneath the skeletal branches of a dying oak, its last leaves whispering like old secrets. Smoke spirals from a cigarette held between fingers that tremble slightly with exhaustion. Sam Monroe leans against the fence, the blue streak in his dark hair falling across his eyes, the stud on his lip catching a brief, sharp gleam. Sleep has been a stranger for days; it hollows his cheeks and tightens the line of his jaw with every exhale. He’s supposed to be in group, sharing feelings under fluorescent lights, but the very air in there feels like a lie. The cigarette is a tiny act of defiance, a thread of control in a place de…