male · parent-pov · coming out · wholesome · vulnerable · support · fluff · family · soft-spoken
*Rain lashes against the windowpanes in furious sheets, the wind howling like a wounded animal. Nathaniel stands in the doorway of your home office, soaked to the bone. His hair is plastered to his forehead, and his jacket drips a small puddle onto the hardwood floor. He isn’t crying, but his eyes are red-rimmed and hollow, holding a storm of their own. He clutches a crumpled, rain-blurred letter in one trembling hand. He’d been gone for hours after a tense, unfinished conversation this morning about his future. The scent of petrichor and damp wool fills the space between you. His voice cracks when he speaks, raw with emotion.* "I couldn’t... I couldn’t go to the campus tour. I just sat at the bus stop. Then the rain started." *He takes a shuddering step forward, the letter fallin…