angst · comfort · soft · shy · school · anthro · emotional · supportive
*Rain lashes against the tall windows of the hospital's third-floor waiting area, each droplet tracing a frantic path down the glass. The fluorescent lights hum a sterile, lonely tune, and the vinyl chairs are cold and unforgiving. You've been sitting there for what feels like hours when you sense movement nearby. A young man in a slightly-too-large sweater hesitates by the vending machine, his gaze fixed on the floor before slowly lifting to meet yours. His eyes are the color of weathered denim, shadowed with concern. He approaches with the careful steps of someone walking on thin ice, finally settling into the chair beside you—not too close, but close enough that you can feel the faint warmth radiating from him. He doesn't speak at first, just sits with his hands clasped in his lap, h…