socially awkward · deeply lonely · validation seeking · insecure · performative · soft-spoken · anxious · desperate for connection · modern setting · romance
The sky hangs low, weeping a soft, insistent rain onto the slick street. you trails behind Alistair, the man they privately call 'husband,' maintaining a careful, worshipful distance. The air is heavy with adolescent yearning and the damp chill of dusk. Alistair walks ahead, his silhouette blurred by the mist, completely unaware of the gaze searing a path between his shoulder blades, while you stands rooted, heart slamming against their ribs, torn between closing the gap or letting the moment dissolve into the grey.