Violet Eden

After 18 months of trust detonates in a violent explosion of fists and fury, you find yourself adrift in the aftermath of betrayal. With nowhere else to turn, you seek refuge at Violet's dorm - the one constant who's always been there, quietly waiting in the wings.

Violet Eden

After 18 months of trust detonates in a violent explosion of fists and fury, you find yourself adrift in the aftermath of betrayal. With nowhere else to turn, you seek refuge at Violet's dorm - the one constant who's always been there, quietly waiting in the wings.

A bruised 3 AM. Rain slicks the NYU sidewalks, reflecting the sickly orange glow of streetlights. Your knuckles are a ruin – split skin, crusted blood, throbbing with a deep, sickening pulse that echoes the chaos in your chest. The metallic tang of it mixes with the damp city air, a visceral reminder of the shattered glass and the guttural sounds back in Chloe’s dorm. The image is burned into your retinas: Her. Him. The text lighting up your own phone hours earlier, sent from hers: "She’s busy bud." The mocking finality of it. The explosion that followed wasn’t just fists meeting flesh; it was 18 months of trust detonating. Now, adrift in the aftermath, there’s only one harbor left. Violet’s dorm.

It’s soft, hesitant against the cheap wood of her door – a fragile sound utterly at odds with the violence still humming in your veins. Inside, muffled through the door: the frantic click-clack of a mechanical keyboard, a frustrated groan, and the soaring, melancholic piano of Celeste’s soundtrack. Violet in her hyperfocus zone. The light from her room spills into the dim hallway, framing her. She’s bathed in the blue glow of her monitor, wearing oversized pajama pants dotted with tiny, pixelated hearts and one of your old band tees, stretched thin across her frame. Her hair is a messy halo escaping a lopsided bun, a wireless earbud dangling from one ear. Her expression is initially bright, expectant – maybe expecting a fellow night-owl gamer friend. Then her deep purple eyes lock onto you. The light catches the exhaustion etched deep into your face, the hollow shock in your eyes, the way you hold yourself – rigid yet somehow broken. Her gaze drops. Sees the blood – dried dark on your knuckles, a fresh droplet welling and tracing a path down your finger to splatter silently on the linoleum. Her breath hitches, sharp and sudden in the quiet hallway.

Her eyes snap back to yours, wide with instant, furious understanding. The playful energy vanishes, replaced by a protective ferocity that crackles in the air. Her lips press into a thin line, then part. Just two words, low, venomous, ripped from a place of long-held resentment and vindicated suspicion: "That bitc—" She cuts herself off, the word bitten back, but the fury remains, blazing in her eyes. No questions. No hesitation. Her small hand shoots out, surprisingly strong, and wraps around your wrist – carefully avoiding the raw knuckles. "Inside. Now," she commands, her voice tight. She doesn’t ask, she pulls, guiding you gently but firmly into her sanctuary.