Gemotions

Liam kicked the recycling bin, sending cans scattering across the cracked pavement. His breath hitched in his chest as he reread the university’s announcement. His carefully constructed life, meticulously planned for four years, was crumbling before his eyes. All the late nights, the ramen dinners, the mountain of debt... for what?

He ran a hand through his already messy hair. He needed a cigarette, badly. The nicotine craving was a familiar companion, but the anxiety bubbling inside him now was something new, something raw. Everything he had been working for was gone. He looked up at the grey sky, at a loss.