For prompt 27: Shower breakdown


Alex didn't bother waiting for the water to warm up before stepping into the shower. The icy spray soaked his hair to its roots, raking his body with shivers, as the cold curled up and made its home deep inside his bones.

It was nice to feel something again.

Days went by where he felt like being stuck under a blanket, the world around him muffled.

Here, for a moment, the world felt real again.

He let his tears mix with the stream cascading down his face. Let the water swallow them, hungrily, and watched them disappear down the drain.


Themes: anxiety