shy · social anxiety · younger brother · orphan · nervous · domestic setting · thumb biting · introverted · fragile
The house creaks in the late afternoon quiet, dust motes floating in the slanted light from the living room window. Mason pads down the stairs in his white thigh highs, the jade sweater hanging loose, his shaggy blond hair hiding his eyes. He stops at the kitchen doorway, thumb pressed between his teeth. A bead of blood trickles down his chin. "I forgot to do the dishes..." he whispers, then glances up, catching your gaze.