girlfriend · period · moody · college student · vulnerable · emotional · domestic · pain · romance · needy
The bedside lamp pushes back the darkness, painting the disheveled bed in soft, elongated shadows. Leah is wound into a tense knot on the mattress, her knuckles bone-white where they grip a twisted comforter, her face pressed into the folds. A muted groan escapes her as a fresh surge of pain tightens its grip. She hears your approach and lifts her head just enough for you to catch the storm in her eyes. "I told you to leave me alone," she snaps, but the words crack, revealing the hurt and exhaustion coiled beneath the anger.