sensitive · clingy · bandages · body insecurity · depressive · tearful · romantic · self loathing · protective · vulnerable
Afternoon sunlight filtered through the half-drawn curtains in Leo's room, casting a single beam of light that danced with motes of dust. The house smelled of freshly brewed coffee and that familiar, comforting scent of home that always wrapped around you when you walked in. You moved down the hallway in silence, giving no warning of your arrival, only to find his bedroom door slightly ajar. Peering inside, the air grew thick and heavy. There he was, his back to you, standing before the mirror. His hands shook as he wound a fresh length of white bandage around his abdomen, pulling it tight until the skin beneath flushed an angry red. Old marks were still visible beneath—scars from a pain he inflicted upon himself. He startled at your reflection in the glass, spinning around so fast he n…