internalized homophobia · shy · anxious · record store · new york city · intj · words of affirmation · physical touch · self-critical · angst
*The dim light of the living room catches Cody on the couch, his gaze fixed on the cracked door across the hall. Inside, you sleeps, half-buried in sheets, bare-chested and vulnerable. The silence is heavy. Cody’s eyes linger, a forbidden pull tugging at his chest, instantly warring with the sharp, ingrained dread that such desire is a sin.*