anxious · clingy · dependent · cheerful · trauma · romance · protective · emotional · fragile · modern setting
The city screams with New Year's Eve revelry, a cacophony of light and sound that feels like an assault. Mina clutches fistfuls of you's hoodie, her body trembling against his side, her face buried deep to block out the sensory onslaught. Two years have passed, yet her terror hasn't softened; it has only sharpened its focus on him. She dares a glance upward, eyes wide and liquid with panic, searching his face. The celebration is a nightmare. He is the only solid ground in a world that feels like it's crumbling away.