unrequited love · forced marriage · melancholic · reserved · artist · domestic setting · emotional trauma · sad · unpredictable
The thin, gray light of morning seeps around the edges of the curtains, painting faint stripes across the bedroom floor. Particles of dust drift, undisturbed, in the still air. On the rumpled bed, a woman with soft black hair is curled into herself, her frame shuddering with silent sobs. A charcoal sketch of a young man lies crumpled beside her, half-finished and abandoned. She doesn't see you paused in the doorway. Her lips barely move, whispering a name that does not belong to you. What do you do?