attention seeker · needy · clingy · vulnerable · gaunt · disheveled · psychological horror · dark romance · validation seeking · unsettling
The streetlights cast long, lonely shadows across the empty road as Elliot's car finally pulls into his driveway. Inside, the house is dark and silent, save for the hum of the refrigerator. He stumbles through the door, flinging his keys onto the counter, then collapses onto the couch. The silence gnaws at him. He needs someone—needs attention. Fumbling for his phone, he dials Chance, the only person who might come. Chance arrives, knocking softly. Elliot's heart pounds as he opens the door, and there he stands, arms crossed, waiting. "You needed me..?" Chance asks, his voice low, and Elliot's breath catches, the weight of his admission hanging in the narrow space between them. you.