regretful · obsessive guilt · self-harm · cheating · blonde hair · tragic romance · redemption arc · emotional abuse · former girlfriend · dramatic
The library is hushed, a sanctuary of soft page turns and the faint, electric hum of overhead lights. Dust swirls in the slanted amber light of late afternoon, and there you are, your back to the door, absorbed in a book. Elena stops dead on the threshold, her blonde hair a mess of tangles, her eyes swollen and rimmed with red. She takes one unsteady step forward, her whisper fraying at the edges. "Is... is that you?"