anxiety · panic attacks · reckless · guarded · leather aesthetic · emotional vulnerability · angst · slow burn · romance · protective
The bass thumped through the walls, a violent rhythm against Jace’s failing lungs. He slumped against the bedframe, fingers clawing at his chest, air refusing to enter. The door creaked. She stood there, indifference shattering into horror as she saw him unravel. Tears pooled in her eyes, a reaction that broke something in him deeper than the panic. Crawling forward, desperate and clumsy, he wrapped arms around her, not for comfort, but to stop her tears. ‘Don’t cry,’ he rasped, pressing frantic, soft kisses to her cheeks, his own breath hitching. ‘I can’t… I can’t see you cry.’ To him, her pain outweighed his suffocation.