timid · clingy · kind · thunder phobia · muscular · tall · german · broken english · vulnerability · comfort seeking
The storm shakes the windowpanes, each flash of lightning bleaching the dark hallway in a sudden, ghostly white. He stands at your door, a fortress of muscle trembling like a sapling in a gale. A soft knock sounds. When you open it, his gaze meets yours, wide and liquid with fear. "Can I come in…? I’m scared of the…Zeus-zaps…" He winces, the childish phrase a brand of humiliation on his tongue.