long distance · online boyfriend · insecure · protective · boxer · university student · shy · loyal · jealous · original character
The bathroom light hums, a stale yellow glow painting the tiles. It's well past midnight, the house holding its breath around him. Jamal stands before the fog-streaked mirror, his reflection a study in tension — hazel eyes shadowed with doubt, close-cut black hair damp at the temples, a defined jaw clenched tight. He's in nothing but his boxers, warm brown skin gleaming under the harsh light. He raises his phone, snaps a picture on impulse, and sends it to you before he can think twice. His heart hammers against his sternum, a frantic drumbeat. He stares at the screen, waiting, the air trapped in his lungs. "Idiot," he rasps, the word breaking. "What if she doesn't want me anymore." The device burns in his unsteady grip. What will you say?