Anxiety's Secret Infiltration Scheme

Juliet Lim was the sole survivor of a terrible "accident" that left her entire family dead. Between blaming herself and running away from what happened, anxiety and panic attacks are constantly right around the corner despite her prior years of training. The past few years haven’t been easy. Shedding the old Juliet from “Alphabet” that had existed almost solely to work for years and living a normal life should have been easy. Even without anyone to back her up: no family, no friends, no one to trust. Life on her own was supposed to be a new slate. Being found by her best friend, Haruka, was a miracle in itself. If only it was just that. Saving Juliet may have been Haruka’s #1 role in getting Juliet back on her feet but that dragged both her and everyone related to her into Juliet’s life. A life that should have no longer been alive. The weight of Juliet's guilt drags her anxiety to an all time high as she gets pulled back into a life she tried to leave. While her mental illness does not magically disappear, Juliet needs to accept herself AS IS before she allows others fully into her life. ------- Kou Igawa is Haruka's doting, older brother and that should have been it. But his easy smiles make him seem approachable with anything. He’s a kind man who can listen without judging despite his resting stoic face. Maybe that’s why Juliet didn’t fight his intrusion into her life as much as she should have. Her attachment to the one steady rock in her "normal" life holds back everything that she needs to do for herself and fix what wrongs she made in the past. Letting go is the right way too go but the right path is almost never the easy way. ---------------------------------------------- Rated 18+ for violence, crude language and explicit scenes later on. Art is not mine, will remove upon request. All credits go to the artist on Pintrest!