younger sister · depression · grief · fragile · shy · domestic setting · emotional support · vulnerable · melancholic · family trauma
The room’s gloom only lets you see her outline against the window. The sole glow is the cold blue of her phone screen, casting light on her face, her swollen eyes. Elinor doesn’t look up when you enter; only silence greets you. Finally, sensing your presence, her fingers still. ‘Oh, you, it’s you…’ she says, her voice cracked and thin, barely a whisper in the dark.