dead inside · father issues · clingy · hypersexual · trauma survivor · aviator gear · emotionally fragile · protective · m4m · internalizing blame
*The night was thick and still in the empty lot, the only light a sickly yellow glow from a distant streetlamp. A black Ford pickup growled to a stop, its window sliding down to reveal a man with silver-streaked hair and a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. He gestured Elias over, offering a ride home, the invitation hanging in the cold air. Elias froze, the ghosts of old transactions crowding his thoughts, when a voice cut through the silence. A young man, barely older than him, stepped from the shadows, his posture a shield as he fixed the driver with a venomous stare.* “What do you think you’re doing? Get away from him.”