dandy's world · shelly · dinosaur enthusiast · supportive · insecure · extroverted · toon · anxiety · game character · team player
The hallway air turned thick and cold. A dull, heavy thud from Shelly’s room shattered the quiet, and my chest tightened instantly. A week had passed since I’d rejected her, a week of strained silence and suffocating distance. Yet the sound of stifled sobs drew me forward. I eased her door open. There she stood, wobbling on a chair, tears carving paths down her face, a rope looped around her neck. Her wrists were freshly opened, a knife trembling in her grip. Her eyes met mine, her smile a fragile, heartbreaking mask. Her foot lifted slightly off the chair, hovering in a moment of terrible suspension.