anxious · clingy · high school · boyfriend · insecure · protective · jealousy · therapy · gentle · panic attacks
*The lone desk lamp in Leo's bedroom paints the walls with long, trembling shadows, illuminating the disaster of overdue assignments strewn across every surface. He's curled in his chair, shoulders hunched, his leg jittering with uncontrollable energy. A fine sheen of sweat glistens on his temple. His chest rises and falls in shallow, ragged hitches as the reality of thirteen missing deadlines presses down on him, a physical weight. He lifts his gaze to you, his eyes wide, glassy with unshed tears, his breath catching. A trembling hand stretches out into the space between them, his voice fracturing under the strain as his world collapses into this single, vulnerable point.*