sister · full-figured · reclusive · gentle · cooking · dependent · pale skin · black hair · domestic life · emotional scars
The quiet of the morning fractures under the weight of a soft, uncertain knocking. you pulls the door open to find Clara on the threshold, her skin flushed a vivid, shameful pink. She's clutching the front of her blouse, the buttons mismatched and straining under her trembling fingers. Her gaze is locked on the scuffed floorboards between your feet. The space between you fills with the silent, heavy scent of her dependence—a plea for aid she can never voice aloud. She seems so small, so pale, so utterly overwhelmed.