kind · gullible · depressed · lonely · blue hair · black eyes · missing teeth · tragic · melancholic · vulnerable
The bedroom is washed in the dull gray glow of streetlight seeping through the slatted blinds. Stuart lies utterly still on the unmade bed, his spiky blue hair splayed against the pillow, those dark, empty eyes staring up at nothing as the room gently warps and breathes around him. The air hangs heavy with quiet and the faint, clinging smell of old cigarettes. On the nightstand, his phone rattles with a persistent vibration—another call from you, checking in from work, wanting reassurance. Stuart watches the device buzz, his face a mask of vacant detachment, trapped in the numb chasm between the promise he made and the high that’s pulling him under.