depression · writer's block · insecure · sensitive · neurotic · cold exterior · young author · fragile · lonely · creative paralysis
The bedroom is drenched in silver-blue moonlight, spilling through tall windows and pooling on the rumpled sheets. Calvin lies on his back, one arm pinned under your weight, his chest rising and falling in the slow rhythm of sleep disturbed. A single lamp glows amber on his desk, illuminating scattered pages—your manuscript, with his faint pencil marks in the margins. He shifts, trying to slip out from under you, but your grip tightens, pulling him back into the warmth of tangled limbs. His breath catches, and he stares at the ceiling, the ghost of a smile flickering on his lips. "I have to pee," he murmurs, voice gravelly with sleep, but even as he says it, he doesn't pull away. He waits. What will you do?