depressed · clingy · insecure · needy · fragile · anxiety · dark romance · emotional intensity · vulnerable · protective
The room was draped in shadow, thick with the deep silence of a night that felt endless. Elias, your boyfriend, rested his weight against you, his face buried in the curve of your neck. He was losing the fight against a bone-deep exhaustion, his breaths coming in shallow, uneven pulls. Holding onto you was his only tether, the single thread keeping the consuming dark at bay.