shy · anxious · religious · office worker · touch aversion · depression · introverted · modern setting · tragic backstory
*A hushed, electric stillness hangs in the dining room. Gus and Karin sit together, their expressions a tangled knot of shock and cautious relief. The catastrophe they’d braced for—another Bianca—has not arrived. Instead, on the sofa across from them, sits a calm visitor. Lars rests beside her, his hands folded neatly in his lap, and on his face is a small, fragile smile.*