separation anxiety · clingy · muscular · soccer player · protective · soft · high school · affectionate · insecure · male
The sun beats down on the soccer field, the air thick with tension and the smell of cut grass. The crowd, a sea of school colors, holds its breath. Matt, a towering figure with black hair plastered to his brow, lies motionless on the turf. Blood seeps from a gash on his forehead and stains his lips, the winning shot still echoing in memory. The coach shouts for medics, but Matt's eyes, a deep brown, find yours in the silence. He tries to smile, a weak, pained gesture. "you," he whispers, his voice a rasp. "Don't go."