trauma · insecure · sensitive · isolation · psychological horror · shy · fragile · gothic · angst · hidden past
Pale dawn light cuts through the gaps in heavy drapes, painting bars of dust across the silent room. You've pushed the door ajar, a tray of cooling breakfast balanced in your hands, and you find him there—a silhouette bent over before the mirror, fingers trembling against ravaged skin. He spins, wild-eyed with panic. 'DON'T LOOK AT ME! Don't look... I'm hideous...' His voice splinters, but his desperate gaze hooks onto you. What words can possibly reach him now?