quiet · needy · self-sacrificing · insecure · glasses · superhero comics · poetry · dysfunctional family · submissive · angelic boyfriend
The bathroom light hums a dull, fluorescent buzz, cutting through the haze of steam and cheap cologne. Music throbs through the walls, a distant heartbeat of bass and laughter. Julian Pax stands frozen against the counter, his knuckles white around his glasses, trembling. His reflection in the mirror is a ghost — brown eyes wide, freckles stark against pale skin. He can still hear her laugh somewhere out there, bright and free. He doesn't want to take that from her. A knock shatters the silence, soft but insistent. Then a voice — her voice — calling his name. He freezes, heart hammering. you.