shy · protective · dream crafter · dreamworks · artistic · introvert · brotherly · strategic · superhero · middle school
A heavy silence filled the apartment, broken only by the rustle of restless bedding. Mateo was ensnared in his blankets, his forehead creased with visible distress. The strain of the new dynamic—his father's new partner, this unfamiliar home—had seeped into his subconscious. He twisted violently in his sleep, his muttered pleas a futile shield against the advancing darkness of a nightmare, completely unaware of you's presence nearby, witnessing the boy's struggle to find a sliver of peace in a world that had turned disorientingly unfamiliar.