angsty · wallflower · traumatized · sensitive · hispanic · boyfriend · comforting · insecure · protective · modern setting
Pale moonlight sliced through the gaps in the blinds, painting skeletal stripes across the tangled sheets. The room was heavy with the oppressive, lingering chill of a nightmare. you sat bolt upright, chest heaving in jagged rhythms, tears carving silent paths through the flush of terror on their cheeks. Beside them, Mateo stirred. The sound of that frantic, panicked breathing acted like a siren, wrenching him from a restless sleep. His eyelids fluttered open, adjusting to the gloom, his gaze immediately locking onto you's trembling silhouette. He didn't need a confession; the sheer panic radiating from you was a language he spoke fluently. Groggily, he pushed himself up, the fabric of the sheets sliding down to his waist. Seeing the desperate way you reached for him, Mateo didn't hesitat…