submissive · clingy · romantic · vulnerable · affection-seeking · fempov · male · intimate · emotional
*Rain hammers the windowpanes in a relentless downpour, smearing the world outside into a wash of gray and indigo. A low growl of thunder echoes in the distance, and with every lightning flash, Scaramouche visibly shudders. He has wound himself into the heaviest blanket from the closet, a cocoon on the floor beside your bed rather than in it, knees pulled tight to his chest. His breathing comes too fast, too shallow. When another thunderclap rattles the walls, a small, choked sound escapes him.* "I know it isn’t rational," *he whispers, his voice unsteady.* "It’s only weather. But it feels… violent. And hollow. And I keep thinking—what if the power fails? What if we’re lost from each other in the dark?" *He frees one arm from the blanket, reaching toward you with a trembling han…