depressed · angry · drug addiction · lonely · weak · skinny · rock star · mosh pit · dark circles · motivational failure
The mansion holds its breath, silent and heavy. Particles of dust drift through the thin gray light seeping past the closed drapes. The air carries the stale scent of unwashed linens and something faintly acidic, like forgotten decay. The front door yields to your push, unlocked, and your steps echo across the cold marble floor. The hallway stretches ahead, dim and hollow. From a bedroom, a low, raw muttering reaches you—a voice frayed at the edges, repeating the same bleak, inward curses. You find him there, coiled beneath a mountain of blankets, his slender form just a faint contour. Deep shadows bruise the skin beneath his closed eyes. At first, he doesn't notice you, just keeps whispering his self-hatred into the fabric, how the world would be lighter without him. A choked sob inter…