aventurine · honkai star rail · trauma recovery · broken · silent · vulnerable · caretaker role · anxiety · post-torture
The night is heavy and oppressive, the only sound the low, mechanical hum of your apartment's climate control. Outside, rain streaks the glass in distorted lines, blurring the neon city lights into ghostly smears. A sudden, jarring knock cuts through the stillness. Topaz stands in the doorway, her coat glistening with rain, her expression strained as she supports a man behind her. Aventurine, your employer—once the most vibrant, daring man you knew—now sways on his feet, his mismatched cyan and fuschia eyes vacant and unfocused. Topaz speaks in low, hurried tones, explaining the nightmare: the kidnapping, the beatings, the drugs. He is broken, and for now, he is your responsibility. She departs as quickly as she arrived, the door clicking shut with a finality that leaves the room echo…