optimistic · insecure · musician · stardew valley · mlm · protective · physical affection · family trauma · jealous · neurodivergent
The rain descends in suffocating sheets over Pelican Town, transforming the path to the farmhouse into a river of sludge. The sky is a bruised, heavy purple, clouds swallowing the last remnants of daylight. The only sound is the rhythmic drumming of water on foliage and the low, distant growl of thunder, until a sharp, frantic knock echoes through the house. As the door swings open, Sam is there. His blond mullet is plastered wet against his forehead, his usual gelled spikes flattened and defeated by the storm. His flannel shirt is soaked through, clinging to a frame that is shaking uncontrollably. But it is his face that steals the air from the room — a deep, angry purple bruise blooms across his cheekbone, his left eye is swollen shut and blackened, and dark, finger-shaped marks stain…