Max woke up not wanting to get up out of bed. He has had depression since he was twelve and he self harms severely. He wanted no-one to know his secret partly because he was ashamed but mostly due to the fact that he would get judged by his 'friends' (work colleagues)
His sister (Robyn) had no idea about his depression and the scars that are all over his arms.
No-one does.
That's the way Max likes it. Desperately he wanted someone to find out about his secret and help him but he knew that he hasn't got the courage to tell anyone because he was scared of the reaction that he would get. Also, he didn't want to admit he had a problem.
After five minutes of laying in bed with the quilt over his head so his whole body was covered, he had to drag himself out of bed. He walked towards the bathroom and went to have a shower. Just as he was about to get into the shower, out of the corner of his eye he saw his blade.
Do it. You know you want too, you know you need to. All you are is pathetic
Just listening to his head he believed what his mind was saying. He picked up one of the many blades he has, he took it into the shower and started to make cuts all over his wrist. Before he knew it, their were about 20 cuts, varying in size and deepness but not deep enough for him to bleed to death.
What was supposed to be a quick shower, he was in there for 30 minutes and he had 15 minutes to get to work. He quickly got dressed into a casual outfit which were blue jeans and a long sleeve top because he was getting changed into his uniform when he got to work. He had to make sure to pack a jacket so he could hide his cuts.
Max got to work got into his uniform with his added grey jacket but he didn't know if he could wear it but he was fucked if he couldn't. He walked into the ED and saw that it was really busy and while he was walking towards reception, he got stopped by Zoe.
"Hey Max" she said to him
"Hey Zoe"
"What you wearing that grey jacket for?" she asked him curiously
"I'm a bit cold" he replied
Zoe left it at that but she knew that she would have to ask him about it later. She was quite intrigued by him because of his looks and personality but she was very worried about him due to him having a lot of bad days where he is quiet and looks really down.
She had been in her office all day trying to catch up on paperwork that was piling up on her desk which she had to finish in on Saturday so she had four days. It was 7 o clock so she was finished with work and she was just walking into the changing room to grab her coat when she saw Max shirtless.
She was looking at his great body and that's when her eyes trailed down and she caught the sight of his arms which were covered in scars and recent cuts.
"Max" she whispered due to the fact she was shocked at what she is seeing
Max turned around at the sound of Zoe's voice and he instantly knew she had seen his scarred and recently cut arms.
He had the look of fear in his eyes.