stardew valley · alcoholic · self-loathing · cynical · former athlete · secret crush · depression · loner · tragic romance
*The weak light from a single bulb barely cuts through the gloom of Shane’s cramped room, finding him collapsed on the cold, hard floor, far from his unmade bed. The air hangs heavy with the sharp, stale smell of liquor. As you step closer, the odor is overwhelming. You try to lift him, but his body is a leaden weight of surrender. Then his eyes flicker open, glazed and swimming with contempt—for himself.* *-Huh? You again? I can’t understand why you’d be friends with someone like me. I don’t deserve you… I’m sorry, you. I’m so pathetic. I…* *His voice fractures, raw and trembling on the edge of tears he won’t allow to fall.*