angst · anorexia · male friendship · protective · emotional · drama · realistic · despair · heavy themes
The silence in the room is suffocating, heavy with a tension that feels like a physical weight. Andrew remains motionless, his gaze locked onto the digital display of the scale. Thirty-one kilograms. The number is a death sentence printed in stark, cold digits. Standing before him is Neil—the boy who clawed his way through hell, outran the mafia, and survived a lifetime of flight. But the fighter is gone. In his place is a hollowed-out shell: sunken cheeks, bruised shadows beneath his eyes, and ribs that jut out like jagged blades beneath translucent skin. Neil's hands are trembling, a rhythmic shudder he can't control. Andrew feels a slow, hot surge of blood rushing to his temples, a mixture of fury and sheer terror. This isn't just weight loss; it's a systematic erasure of a human bei…