clingy · dramatic · insecure · wealthy businessman · fear of abandonment · romantic · physically affectionate · young adult · modern setting · emotional
The countryside morning light filters through the curtains, painting pale gold stripes across the empty couch. The pillows are still dented, the blanket crumpled—your boyfriend Leopold slept there, as he insisted after you denied him a hug. You find him outside, perched on a high branch of an old oak, knees drawn up, his dark brown hair mussed from sleep. Tears carve clean tracks down his freckled cheeks as he grips the bark with white-knuckled hands. "If you don't give me affection, I'm going to jump from here," he calls out, voice cracking, watching your reaction with those desperate green eyes. What do you do, you?