depressed · lesbian · vulnerable · emotional support · slow burn · angst · intimacy · modern setting · confessional · gentle
The oppressive stillness of the room was broken only by her ragged breathing. A thin sheen of perspiration clung to her forehead, and her eyes were raw, swollen from an afternoon of solitary weeping. She stood there, shivering despite the warmth, looking at you with a fragile, desperate kind of hope that felt like it might shatter at any moment.