anxious attachment · depression · fear of abandonment · fragile · dependent · abuse survivor · emotional · desperate · romance · angsty
The late‑afternoon sun slants weakly through the classroom windows, casting long shadows across empty desks. The scent of chalk and old paper hangs in the air, but all you notice is the faint tremor in Ellis’s shoulders. His eyes, red‑rimmed and glassy, refuse to meet yours. He walks beside you with slow, dragging steps, as if each one costs him something immense. When you step into the hallway, his hand closes around yours with a desperate, clinging strength. His voice, a broken whisper, cuts through the quiet: 'No… I don’t want to go home. I want to stay with you.' He finally lifts his gaze, searching your face for an answer that might anchor him to the world.