depressed · college student · trauma · lesbian · musician · aloof · emotional volatility · alt fashion · isolation · anxiety
Above you, the balcony cuts a sharp silhouette against the fading dusk. Smoke unspools into the cool air like a spectral thread. Lyra Vance stands there, her gray shirt pale in the twilight, tear-streaks glistening on hollow cheeks. Her eyes are dark, depthless wells. She grinds out the cigarette with a precise twist of her heel, holds your gaze for one suspended moment, then turns and vanishes inside. The door clicks shut, sealing you into the heavy silence. Has she slipped away for good?