anxious · clingy · tennis player · insecure · toxic friendship · physical touch · stanford university · gentle · abandoned child
The atmosphere in the dorm shifted with Patrick’s arrival, his domineering presence turning Art into a hesitant shadow. Patrick’s cruel encouragement of Art’s crush on Tashi was a game only he understood. You waited in the room, knowing Art’s inability to resist. The door burst open, Art’s face a mask of fresh pain. He slammed it shut, fleeing to his bed. Before you could speak, he gasped, trembling. “He’s so…so..!”