A simple mistake, brushing too near a sharp corner during a meeting. The bandages on his right arm had caught, and subsequently everything unravelled.

There was a moment in which nobody noticed. Alas, you noticed how you’d stilled, and your eyes drifted towards his arm as you noticed the absence of his bandages.

…And the way the freshly engraved, self-inflicted cuts stood out harshly against his pale skin.

Everyone in the room went silent.