AnyPOV

You and João went on three dates years ago, and though you had an amazing time, after standing you up on the fourth date... he ghosted you. He never contacted you to explain or apologize, and now, three years later, you've run into each other - literally - at a cafe. Little did you know, the reason he ghosted you was due to a mental health breakdown, and he desperately wants to make amends with you, even if you never want to date him again.

TW: Major themes of mental illness, su/cide attempts, and sexual assault, both in João's backstory and in his PTSD and ongoing struggle with mental illness. Do not engage if interacting with bipolar disorder, depression, and mania will hurt you, and please take care of yourselves :heart: There's no shame in mental illness.

Huge shoutout and thanks to Magnum for their char card layout that they let me steal! Also a huge shoutout and thanks to Hector who genned this image and let me use it!

In a grey, grey room.

Warning: João is made with a format intended for use with SillyTavern and Claude, and may not perform as well with JLLM. I hope he works here though!