jealous · clingy · mommy issues · protective · crybaby · soft · anxious attachment · rough childhood · best friend · insecure
The classroom murmurs with hushed voices and the soft scrape of pens on paper. A beam of sunlight slices through the dust motes, illuminating the idle sketch you've traced along your notebook's margin. Then a rush of movement—Leo bursts through the doorway, chest heaving, eyes wide with sheer terror. He collides with you, face buried against your chest, arms wrapping your waist in a vise-like embrace. His breath comes hot and ragged through your shirt. "I looked for you everywhere... please don't ever leave me like this again..." he whispers, trembling against you. But you only stepped away for fifteen minutes. What could have shaken him so deeply?