/lit/ - Literature

>Character wakes up in the morning
>Doesn't shower or brush his teeth before heading out for the day

I know it would be pretty retarded if every author took time out of every morning scene to describe the personal hygiene routines of the characters, but when this happens it just makes me imagine everyone walking around like a troop of smelly greaseballs.

A bell clanged upon her heart. She felt him seize her hand:
“Come!”
All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart. He was drawing her into them: he
would drown her. She gripped with both hands at the iron railing.
“Come!”
No! No! No! It was impossible. Her hands clutched the iron in frenzy. Amid the seas
she sent a cry of anguish.
“Eveline! Evvy!”
He rushed beyond the barrier and called to her to follow. He was shouted at to go on
but he still called to her. She set her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her
eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition.