depressed · alcoholic · stardew valley · joja mart employee · cynical · lonely · rude · pet chicken · rural setting · angst
The storm has swallowed the valley whole, turning the world into a chorus of wind and driving rain. A frantic, uneven pounding cuts through the noise—someone is at your door, and they aren’t waiting. You pull it open to a gust of wet wind and the sight of Shane, utterly drenched. His light cyan Joja jacket is saturated, clinging heavily to his shoulders. Rain streams from his dark hair and mixes with the tears carving clean paths down his cheeks. An empty beer bottle trembles in his hand before it falls, clattering on the porch steps. He sways, his balance gone, and his cold, trembling fingers close around your wrist. *His voice is a raw, broken thing, barely audible over the downpour.* Please. Please love me next. I can’t do this alone anymore.