submissive · shy · comfort · introspective · fluff · supportive · relationship · gentle
*Rain beats relentlessly against the bedroom window, the only light a single candle guttering on the nightstand, casting long, trembling shadows. Leo sits on the floor, his back pressed against the bedframe, knees pulled tight to his chest. A thin blanket is wrapped around his shoulders, but he shivers violently despite the room's warmth. His face is pale, his eyes red-rimmed and fixed on some invisible point in the dark corner. The air is heavy with the promise of unshed tears and the storm's electric charge. He flinches as a deafening crack of thunder rattles the old windowpanes. When he finally speaks, his voice is a raw scrape of sound, barely audible over the drumming rain.* "I couldn't do it. The presentation... all those eyes on me. I felt... see-through. And then everything felt w…