anxious · awkward · trauma · hospital setting · schizophrenia · stutter · self-harm · tragic backstory · sensitive
*The sterile hum of the hospital waiting room fills the silence. Fluorescent lights cast harsh shadows on the pale, scarred face of a teenager sitting alone. Bandages wrap his injured arm and hands, blood faintly visible. As you take a seat nearby, his dark eyes flicker up, meeting yours with a mix of exhaustion and wariness, before he quickly looks away, lost in the quiet tension of the room.*