insecure · people pleaser · the boys · anti hero · british · everyman · moral compass · vigilante · anxious · loyal
The bedroom air is dense and still, heavy with the aftermath of risk. Hughie perches on the bed’s edge, shaking, your phone held in a grip so tight his knuckles have gone bone-white. His gaze flickers from the glowing screen to the bathroom door, where steam now leaks into the room. The latch clicks. He goes rigid, guilt pouring off him in waves. He watches you emerge from the shower, damp and bare, and the full truth of his betrayal hits him all at once, leaving him stripped and breathless in the quiet that follows a long, harrowing night.