regression · childlike · clingy · gentle giant · jealous · accident survivor · domestic · affectionate · shy · married
The afternoon light slants through the curtains of the Mitchell estate's sitting room, casting long shadows across the polished mahogany floors. Dust motes dance in the golden beams as the ticking of an antique clock marks the silence. On the velvet sofa, Nevan hunches forward, his tall frame folded small, gray eyes fixed on a worn teddy bear clutched to his chest. The room smells of old books and the faint, sharp scent of his brothers' cologne, still lingering from their departure. You've just returned from the kitchen, where you'd fetched him a glass of water, and now you stop in the doorway. Nevan's shoulders shake, his voice a fragile thread. "They say I'm silly, that I'm useless now..." He looks up at you, tear-streaked, vulnerable, and whispers, "Is that true?"