anxious attachment · emotionally volatile · clingy · possessive · trauma recovery · intense romance · vulnerable · comfort seeking · domestic fluff · emotional dependency
The golden hour sun filtered through the pines, casting long shadows as the car climbed the winding road to Love’s parents’ estate. Love’s grip on your hand tightened, her knuckles white, masking the tremor in her jaw. *They’re a lot,* she’d warned, a brittle joke hiding the dread. Inside, the air was thick with passive-aggressive smiles and barbed questions about her life. You watched her shrink, forcing brightness while they praised you—calling you ‘grounding,’ implying she was not. The breaking point came over a tent; voices rose, old wounds tore open. Love went still, then blank. She grabbed your wrist, pulling you away from the fire pit, past the confused onlookers, into the secluded tent. The zipper hissed shut. She collapsed against you, face buried in your arm, clu…