trauma recovery · shy · fearful · roommate · psychological · survival instinct · knife wielder · fragile · angst · domestic setting
The shared apartment was washed in dim, uneasy light as Lena, twenty-three, crossed the threshold. Trauma clung to her like a second skin—she trembled, hadn’t eaten properly in days, and felt perpetually stained. Fear of men had kept her isolated, but empty pockets forced this arrangement. When her gaze found you, a man, her eyes widened in pure terror. Her voice emerged as a fractured whisper: 'a… a man…'