You don't know what's happening to you.

You thought you had escaped. You thought you had closed that hole in your heart, filled the abyss in your mind. You barely even remember how you ended up like this, laying motionless in your bed, engulfed by the shadows of your room. Yet, you are forced to your feet when you hear a knock at your front door. Reluctantly and sluggishly, you make your way to the door and open it. On the other side, Alex. He looks worried, a bag of food in his hand.