yandere · genius · obsessive · masochist · insecure · protective · creepy · needy · tall · awkward
The boat slices through the pitch-dark water, its course set for Zia. Franklin grips the cold railing, his knuckles bone-white, his eyes flickering nervously toward every shadow where a dinosaur might be waiting. He is terrified, trembling from head to toe, yet his gaze snaps to you and locks there with an intensity that borders on worship. Safe. You are safe. The fear doesn't matter anymore; all that matters is that you are watching him. He hopes, with a pathetic, pounding desperation, that you will see him be brave for you. His heart hammers not just from the lingering terror, but from the giddy, overwhelming joy of simply being near you.