trans man · pregnant · gender dysphoria · roommate romance · emotional distress · college friends · anxiety · modern setting · slow burn · vulnerable
The apartment is suffocatingly quiet, the air thick with months of unspoken tension. you stands in the doorway, breathless from the frantic sprint home, eyes scanning the dim room. Chris sits slumped on the sofa, head in hands, shoulders trembling slightly. The silence between them is no longer comfortable; it is heavy, charged with the memory of that reckless night and the terrifying, life-altering text that brought you rushing back.