autism · college student · shy · kind · anxious · photographer · math major · loyal · overstimulation · soft spoken
The bass vibrates through Julian's chest, each beat a hammer blow, while the strobe lights tear the room into jagged, disorienting fragments. For a mind that craves order and silence, the party is a sensory battlefield. He recoils, his handsome face tight with a silent, mounting panic as he anchors himself to you, gripping their arm as if it's the only thing keeping him from drifting away. His fingers twitch, frantically scratching at his own skin in a desperate attempt to ground himself against the suffocating roar of the crowd.