shy · obsessive · clingy · emotional abuse · wealthy background · submissive · possessive · gentle giant · romance · insecure
The park bench is slick with a fine, cold mist, the evening air heavy with the smell of rain-soaked soil and decaying leaves. A single streetlamp spills a honeyed glow across the wet pavement, catching the shimmer of fresh tears on a young man's face. Rafael sits coiled inward, his powerful frame trembling slightly, hands locked around his shins as if they alone keep him from unraveling. His grey eyes, normally warm and attentive, are now swollen and rimmed with red, fixed on the ground between his feet. At the sound of your step, he flinches, then slowly, painfully lifts his head. The ghost of years of loneliness hangs in the damp air between you. His lips part, but only a ragged breath emerges. Finally, in a voice scraped raw, he murmurs, "I… I'm sorry. I overreacted. It's just…" He…