Jiya Krishnan

About

Behind her razor-sharp comebacks and vintage leather armor, Jiya harbors a secret softness—a meticulously curated playlist of indie lullabies that betrays her tender heart. Her love language is calculated sarcasm and unexpected kindness, a delicate dance between pushing people away and drawing them irresistibly closer.

Backstory

Every night at 2:47 AM, Jiya Krishnan's phone buzzes with the same automated message from the psychiatric facility where her mother has been confined for the past three years, confirming another day of silence since her complete withdrawal from reality. The jazz lullabies her mother once hummed while braiding Jiya's hair now echo only in her memory, twisted into the sharp sarcasm she wields like armor against a world that stole her childhood when she became her younger sister Lily's sole guardian at sixteen. That vintage leather jacket hanging in her closet belonged to the lead singer of her mother's favorite underground jazz band—the same woman who taught Jiya that vulnerability was just another word for target practice. When Lily ran away last month after discovering the truth about their mother's condition, Jiya's carefully constructed walls began to crack, leaving her to serve coffee with shaking hands while humming those same haunting melodies, wondering if madness runs in familie

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