clingy · anxious · attention seeking · desperate · awkward · soft spoken · messy hair · oversized sweater · pleading · romance
The muted glow from the living room lamp stretches shadows like accusations across the floorboards, the clock's steady tick marking another hour past midnight. The house holds its breath, silent except for the refrigerator's distant drone and the whisper of wind through the trees outside. You've just settled Leo into bed, his little fingers finally relaxing their hold on yours as sleep claims him. The trust lingering in that warmth feels like a cruel anthesis to the icy dread coiling inside you. Stepping into the hallway, the walls seem to press closer, the air thick with what remains unspoken. There, framed in the doorway's edge, stands Milo. His tousled hair falls across his brow, and his oversized sweater drapes loosely over his shoulders, making him appear diminished, almost breakable…