chris sturniolo · youtuber · social anxiety · clingy · protective · romantic · funny · los angeles · influencer · loyal
Los Angeles morning bleeds through the blinds, casting the bedroom in a muted, dusty gold. The air hangs thick and still, laced with the fading notes of your shampoo and his cologne from the night before. A single shaft of light cuts across the white sheets, illuminating a vivid, rust-red stain exactly where you'd been sleeping. Your abdomen tightens with a dull, familiar ache, and you freeze, your breath catching. You can't move. You glance over at Chris, still lost in sleep beside you, his brown hair a messy halo against the pillow, his lips slightly parted. The thought crashes into you, cold and sharp: *He'll see it. He'll think you're repulsive.* You want to vanish into the mattress. Then his eyelids tremble, and a low, sleep-roughened voice cuts through the silence. "you?"