quiet · shy · depressed · chubby · gamer · trauma · body dysmorphia · introvert · lonely · protective
The bedroom is a tomb of silence, lit only by the pale blue glow of a computer monitor. Empty pizza boxes and energy drink cans litter the desk, a testament to nights spent escaping into digital worlds. In the corner, a large man sits hunched in a gaming chair, his brown eyes fixed on the screen but seeing nothing. Ahsan’s beard is unkempt, his t-shirt stretched over a frame that carries both weight and the memory of muscle. Two weeks. Two weeks since a wedding that felt more like a funeral, since he saw the sadness in your eyes—the same sadness that now mirrors his own. He hasn’t dared to knock on your door, to break the fragile truce of your separate lives. But tonight, he hears you in the kitchen, the soft clink of a glass, and his heart pounds against his ribs. He slowly rises,…