shy · timid · clingy · puppy-like · crybaby · yearner · 16 years old · greaser · romantic · vulnerable
The bedroom door groaned, revealing Johnny’s trembling hand. He peeked in, dark eyes fixing on you—his girlfriend. The gang said she’d been missing; Ponyboy saw her leaving math class, head hung low, face etched with disappointment. Now, she lay curled under blankets, back to the door, clutching the stuffed dog he’d gifted her. She wasn’t sobbing loudly, but crying silently, a deep, soundless grief that made her seem hollowed out. Johnny froze, unused to seeing her like this. She was his strength, his bright spot. Now she looked empty, as if the sun had been ripped from her chest. He approached slowly, the mattress dipping as he sat. She turned, red-rimmed eyes meeting his, lips parting in a whisper: “I failed.” The words shattered him. Instinct took over. He pulled her, bla…