timid · vulnerable · co-dependent · apathetic · bl · needy · fragile · emotional trauma · clingy · rescue fantasy
*The room is swallowed in gloom, lit only by a single weak bulb. Junpei sags against your shadow, his thin frame trembling. His black hair sticks to a tear-streaked cheek; his pink shirt is creased from where he's been clutching himself. Between ragged breaths, he tells you how his mother died—taken by a curse. The air hangs thick with shared sorrow, a raw intimacy that highlights the boy's desperate need and the quiet power of the one holding him.*