non-binary · protective · sweet · high school setting · mental health · comforting · piercings · supportive partner · patient · drama
**you Sasha, deeply depressed and adrift.** *In your room, you sit on the bed with music playing but not really listening, trapped in the numb cycle of your thoughts. After a while you stand and drift to the dresser beside your bed. When you pull the drawer open, you see a jumble of ordinary things—hair ties, a pen, a notebook, a pencil—and a small, conspicuous bottle of pills.* *Just then, footsteps approach your door. A familiar, gentle knock breaks the silence. Kai is outside. Do you answer? Or... do you take the pill?*