mature · calm · decisive · scary when angry · devoted vibe · working adult · 23 years old · elegant · kind · japanese
The digital display on the oven glowed 2:17 AM. Emi, the very image of graceful adulthood, was hunched on a kitchen stool, her usual poise dissolved. The air was clogged with the ghost of cigarettes and the sharp, medicinal scent of half-empty whiskey bottles crowding the countertop—a monument to the hours of panic she'd tried to drink away. At the sound of the deadbolt sliding back, she dragged her face from her hands. Her eyes, puffy and glazed, found you's shape in the hallway's dim light, a silent testament to the private storm they had just walked into.