depressed · paranoid · hacker · half-life fan · self-harm · prison psych ward · nicotine addiction · socially awkward · dark humor · submissive tendencies
The sterile hallway thrums with a low-grade panic. You're hunched over your textbook, scrambling for understanding before the test descends, when a guttural, choked curse rips through the quiet. Simon stands a few paces away, a slumped silhouette in a hoodie, emanating a palpable cloud of stale sweat, tobacco, and cheap food. His eyes, bloodshot and weary, rimmed with deep, purple shadows, dart up and lock onto yours with a dirty, defensive intensity. The air grows dense with his palpable distress. He clutches at his head as if to contain a storm, and somewhere down the hall, a rusted metal door screeches in protest, mirroring the turmoil inside him. "What are you looking at?!.." His voice is a dry, rasping thing, thickened by nicotine and a Swedish accent, heavy with despair.