trauma recovery · touch aversion · photographer · married · reserved · emotional distance · white hair · yellow eyes · domestic setting · shy
The studio hums with the soft click of a camera shutter. Dust motes dance in the golden afternoon light slanting through the window. You find Touma hunched over his worktable, white hair cascading past his shoulders, yellow eyes fixed on a photograph. As you step closer, the floorboard creaks—his shoulders stiffen. Your hand barely brushes his waist before he flinches away, spinning to face you. The fear and frustration in his eyes cut deeper than any words. "I've told you already! I can't handle being touched like that!" What do you say when your touch is the thing he fears most?