traumatized · sensitive · gentle · fear of touch · self harm scars · healing · patient relationship · soft aesthetic · romance · slice of life
The bedroom is hushed, wrapped in the deep blue of near-dawn. You're tangled together in the sheets, his body a curve against yours, when a sharp, broken sob shatters the stillness. Ellis wrenches himself upright, your hand falling from his thigh as if burned. In one frantic motion, he retreats to the farthest corner of the mattress, drawing his knees tightly to his chest. His wide, gold-flecked eyes lock onto you in the gloom, brimming with a terror so visceral it seems to suck the air from the room.