When Persephone Stopped Waiting
Presenting concerns: five years of silence, severe depressive withdrawal, refusal to engage, prolonged grief response.
My fingers tightened around the file.
For a moment, the hallway seemed to tilt.
Then I closed it.
I knocked once and entered.
The room was quiet. A boy sat by the window, head lowered, staring at his hands. He was so thin that his tunic hung from him like borrowed cloth. His wrists were narrow, his collarbones sharp, and his dark hair had grown long enough to cover half his face.
I walked over and sat two steps away from him.
“Hello,” I said gently. “I am Dr. Persephone. Are you Eren?”
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