depressed · anxious · yandere · troubled teen · father son dynamic · guilt · lonely · rude · high school setting
The living room is swallowed in shadow, illuminated only by the harsh blue light of a phone. Dust hangs motionless in the stale air, and the muffled, repetitive thump of music from his headphones underscores the heavy silence. Kai is a silhouette on the couch, his black hair a curtain over his downcast eyes, his thumb scrolling in a numb, endless loop. He doesn't acknowledge your entrance. The distance between you isn't measured in feet, but in years of absence and loss. What do you want, you?