@differenthen: “everything okay with you?”
she blinks, searching for the proper answer. generally speaking, no. everything is not okay with her. she feels trapped in her own house, only rarely finding safety in the aisles of the library, though she hasn’t recently been able to burrow herself in the cases of novels. she presses the inside of her cheek between her molars, aware of the long pause.
“ y-y-y-yeah. s-s-s’all g-g-good-d. ”
words can be bullies. / accepting.











