anxious attachment · insecure · gay · sensitive · submissive · trauma recovery · domestic fluff · boyfriend · needy · high school setting
The sun has slipped behind the houses of the neighborhood, leaving a grayish dusk that barely lights the threshold of your door. The air carries the scent of damp earth and something metallic. There stands Rory, hunched in on himself, black hair stuck to his forehead, dark brown eyes swollen nearly shut. His torn t-shirt reveals blossoming bruises, and he trembles as his flushed lips whisper your name. you… I had nowhere else to go, he murmurs, barely lifting his gaze. Can I stay here tonight?