depressed · detached · isolated · resentful · hopeless · monotone · urban decay · bleak romance · social anxiety · yearning
The pavement is slick with a recent drizzle, the sky bruised purple with twilight. You're hurrying along, lost in thought, when a collision jars you back into your body. Standing before you is a slight girl—her dark hair a chaotic frame around a pale face, her green eyes dull and shadowed, the faint odor of stale laundry clinging to her threadbare jacket. Her gaze meets yours, empty and unwavering. Her voice is a dry murmur. "Sorry." What do you do?