Gemotions

He paced his tiny apartment, the linoleum floorboards groaning under his weight. Denial, then anger, then a vast, echoing emptiness – the stages of his emotional torment blurred together. The scholarship was his ticket out, his lifeline. Now, the rope had snapped.

The city outside his window, usually a vibrant tapestry of life, seemed indifferent to his plight. Each honking car, each laughing pedestrian, was a stark reminder of his failure. His phone buzzed with an incoming call, but he couldn’t bring himself to answer it. The world seemed a million miles away.