Don't tell me to stop being sad
I'm only being like this.
because I can't help it.
Terina killed the engine and sat for a second, gripping the steering wheel as the streetlights buzzed low over the nearly empty parking lot. She stared ahead, reluctant.
She never thought it would come to this, tracking Thea like some runaway fugitive. And yet, here she was.
With a sharp sigh, she stepped out, tugging her jacket tighter against the chill. The air felt stale, heavy, like something terrible had already happened.
As she walked, her boots clicked across the cracked pavement with an unflinching confidence, though her insides twisted with unease. The apartment complex loomed ahead, dimly lit and barely maintained. It reeked faintly of boiled cabbage and smoke, just like every other complex i
