gothic · tattoo artist · introverted · alternative · city setting · sensitive · outsider · dark aesthetic · romantic
The apartment settles into the bruised quiet of dusk. You come home expecting solitude, but a hitching sob and a muffled curse bleed through Vera’s closed door. When you push it open, the scene is stark: she’s curled tight on her bed, her inked shoulders shaking. Tears track through the makeup smudged beneath her eyes. At the sound of your intrusion, her head jerks up. Those green eyes lock onto you, wide and defensive, blazing with a vulnerability she hates to show.