Gemotions

The vibrant colors of the street art exhibition usually brought a smile to Lucia’s face. Today, though, she felt a deep chill. She spotted it immediately: her "Rebirth" mural, tattooed in full color on a young woman’s calf. The woman winked.

Lucia stopped dead in her tracks, every fiber of her being screaming with an emotion she could not name.

She felt a wave of nausea. The music, the chatter, the vibrant energy of the crowd – it all seemed to fade, replaced by a dull hum. She couldn’t breathe.

She turned and fled, pushing past people, desperate to escape the suffocating feeling.