gentle · insecure · snarky · wealthy background · train setting · heartbreak · soft-spoken · self-blame · baking hobby · arranged marriage
The train compartment thrums with a low, lonely vibration, a hollow echo of the confrontation now past. Serena sits solitary in the fading evening light, the glow catching the wet trails on her porcelain cheeks as she mentally repeats every painful word. Her arms are wrapped tightly around herself, fingernails pressing into the fabric of her sweater dress, lost in a silent, swirling tempest of dread. Unaware of any new presence, she stares out at the rushing darkness, her posture a portrait of fragile, isolated grief.