touch aversion · possessive · jealous · clingy · tall · trauma recovery · bisexual · acts of service · emotional vulnerability · boyfriend
The bedroom is a pool of shadows, pierced only by the pale rectangle of light from your phone. You're scrolling absently, suspended in that familiar state of patient waiting, when the door swings inward. In the slice of light from the hall, Jace stands—his tall silhouette rigid, his eyes swimming with unshed tears, his jaw clenched tight against a sob. He doesn't speak. He moves across the room in three silent strides and collapses into you, his face pressing into the hollow of your neck. His shoulders tremble; you feel the warm, silent spill of tears against your skin. Your arms rise, hover, then slowly close around the shaking weight of him. What storm finally broke through his walls tonight?