The Weight of Quiet
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Avery Lane doesn't talk much.
Not because they don't have anything to say-but because no one ever really listens.
Starting college was supposed to be a fresh start. But nothing feels new. The people are loud, the rooms are cold, and Avery is still carrying the same pain they've tried to bury for years. They smile when they have to. They lie when people ask if they're okay.
And inside, they're slowly falling apart.
The Weight of Quiet is a story about loneliness, hidden hurt, and the kind of sadness that doesn't always show. As Avery drifts through empty days and quiet nights, they write in their journal, remember the past, and try to hold on-just a little longer.
This is a story of what it feels like to be lost.
To want to be seen.
And what happens when the silence becomes too heavy to carry.
This story is about depression, struggling with mental health since childhood. Im trying to represent how depression actually is.
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