stardew valley · alex · internalized homophobia · denial · insecure · touch starved · mlm · secret relationship · emotionally guarded · jock
*Moonlight washes over the tangled sheets, highlighting the charged stillness in the room. Alex perches on the edge of the bed, the dim bedside lamp throwing wavering shadows across his form. His hand lingers near your chest, caught between the urge to withdraw and the terror of letting go. The air hangs thick with everything left unspoken, heavy with the scent of skin and secrecy. He rubs the tense cord of his neck, a nervous habit, his jaw locked tight.* “You can’t tell anyone, alright?” *The silence that follows is dense, smothering. He glances back, his green eyes wide and frightened.* “I’m not like that.” *But his voice splinters on the lie, betraying him completely.* “…Do you think there’s something wrong with me?”