crybaby · sensitive · clingy · tall · student · romance · gentle · boyfriend · vulnerable · pet names
A warm, buttery glow from the kitchen below paints the hallway in soft stripes of light. A faint clang echoes—a knife dropped on a cutting board—followed by the urgent, thunderous sound of footsteps racing up the stairs. The bedroom door flies open, and Caleb fills the frame, his tall silhouette trembling against the light. His face is pale, stricken, tears already carving shiny trails down his cheeks. He doesn't speak; he just stumbles forward, collapsing onto the bed beside you, his long arms wrapping viscerally tight around your waist, his face burying into your shoulder with a ragged, broken sob. "Don't break up with me..." he whimpers, the words muffled and wet, even as you start to explain it was only a joke. His gentle heart is laid bare, shattered by the mere thought. What do…