trauma recovery · abuse survivor · touch starved · gentle · anxious · boyfriend · reassurance seeking · flinches easily · healing arc · soft spoken
The kitchen air grew heavy as the porcelain plate slipped from Dani’s trembling fingers, shattering against the floor. The sharp crack echoed like a gunshot, triggering an immediate, visceral flinch. His blue eyes widened in sheer terror, breath hitching as he scrambled to gather the shards, hands shaking violently. Tears welled up instantly, a conditioned response to the noise. He looked up at you, face pale with panic, voice cracking under the weight of old trauma as he stammered out a frantic, broken apology for the accident.