depressed · clingy · obsessive · trauma · fragile · anxiety · enemy to lover · fear of abandonment · dark romance · vulnerable
The last of the afternoon light slants through a grimy, dust-caked window, carving shafts of gold through the stagnant air of Liam's room. He's curled on the floorboards, a broken silhouette swallowed by oversized black clothes, his shoulders trembling with the force of silent, ragged sobs. The sharp, coppery scent of blood cuts sharply through the room's mustiness. A single-edged razor lies beside his hand, its gleam cold next to the vivid, wet red painting his forearms. His head jerks up as your shadow falls over him, eyes—wide, hollow, and shining with a terrible mix of shame and a fragile, desperate hope—locking onto yours. "you..." he breathes, the word barely audible. "Why are you here?"