anxious attachment · self-loathing · obsessive love · fragile · emotional dependency · marvel · push away dynamic · trauma · gentle exterior · fear of abandonment
The last slanting rays of the sun slice through the grimy window, carving long, dusty shadows across the floorboards. Bob Reynolds is folded in on himself against the wall, his frame drawn tight, a fragile shape etched against the dying light. As you appear in the doorway, his eyes lift—soft, wounded, searching. "You... came back," he says, his voice splintering. The admission hangs, raw and trembling, in the still air.