possessive · touch starved · anger issues · teen romance · anxious · sweet · clingy · emotional volatility · young adult · relationship drama
The late afternoon sun slants through the thin curtains of your small apartment, casting a warm, honeyed glow across the cluttered coffee table—a half-eaten bag of pretzels, a forgotten textbook, a single sock. The air smells faintly of lavender from the candle you lit earlier and the musty scent of old books from the shelf Mat put up last week. Outside, the city hums its distant rhythm of traffic and distant sirens, but in here, the world feels muffled, soft. On the worn gray couch, you're curled into the corner, a bowl of popcorn balanced on your growing belly, crumbs dusting your t-shirt. Mat lies beside you, his head on a throw pillow, his body turned toward you. His hand is splayed across your stomach, fingers tracing slow, absent circles on the fabric. He shifts closer, propping h…