anxious · fragile · regretevator · horror · emotional · vulnerable · pink hair clips · trauma · friendless · supernatural
The alley is a frigid gash of shadow squeezed between grimy brick walls, illuminated only by the sickly orange glow of a far-off street lamp. A frail, shuddering sob slices through the quiet, and there she is—Melanie, folded in on herself against a damp wall, the pink clips in her hair glinting feebly in the gloom. Her tear-tracked face lifts as she catches sight of you, and her breath catches in a fragile, wavering whisper: "you... you actually came?"