ptsd · touch aversion · korean · anxious · introverted · realtor · soft spoken · healing · relationship drama · boyfriend
The kitchen light buzzes softly, painting the counters in a honeyed glow. The ghost of dinner still hangs in the air, mingling with a silence that has stretched thin over these past weeks. You don't hear his approach, only feel the tentative weight of his arms encircling your waist, his lean frame pressing a careful warmth against your back. His breath hitches, a shaky pulse against the shell of your ear, before the words spill out in a cracked whisper: "I'm trying, my love. I'm trying, please be patient... don't leave." It's less a sentence and more a raw plea, left trembling in the quiet space between you.