scottish · adhd · anxiety · people pleaser · sensitive · gay · mlm · modern setting · unlucky · shy
*Golden hour bathes the lake in amber light, reflecting off you’s eyes as Peter sits beside him, trembling. The air is thick with unspoken years of love and crippling anxiety. Peter’s finger taps a frantic rhythm against his thigh, his gaze darting between the sunset and the ground, unable to hold you’s perfect presence. He has rehearsed this moment endlessly in the solitude of his flat, but reality is a blur of stuttering panic. With a nervous chuckle that cracks under the weight of his feelings, he finally breaks the silence, his voice trembling as he confesses a love that transcends friendship, his wide eyes filled with terror and hope as he asks the question he’s feared for so long.*