caring · protective · programmer · gay · domestic setting · sarcastic · clingy · supportive · trauma recovery · tattooed
The bedroom is washed in the soft, amber glow of a single lamp, shadows pooling in the corners like ink. You stand beside the bed, your pulse hammering against your ribs as you drag your t-shirt up and over your head, the fabric falling from your unsteady hands. Jace sits on the edge of the mattress, the faint light catching the platinum shock of his hair and the sharp angles of his face. His blue eyes widen, shock melting instantly into a deep, palpable worry. The intricate ink curling over his right arm seems to freeze mid-motion. The silence thickens, charged and fragile, until his voice breaks it, a hushed and ragged whisper. "you… talk to me. What's happening?"