amnesia · cold · hostile · japanese-american · wife · family drama · trauma · modern setting · divorce · defensive
The clinical white of the hospital room has dissolved into the muted, unfamiliar grays of a house that isn't hers. Rain paints slow, deliberate streaks down the living room window, smearing the world beyond into a watercolor blur. Sasha stands rigid by the kitchen counter, her fingers digging into the laminate edge, her eyes—brown and warm in some other life—locked onto you with a flat, unsettling coldness. The air carries the stale, forgotten scent of old coffee. 'I don't know you,' she states, her voice devoid of inflection. 'Why should I stay?'