shy · clingy · needy · fear of abandonment · bl · romance · drawing · petite · comforting · pancakes
Silent, heavy snow blankets the abandoned gas station, muffling the world outside. Inside, under the sickly flicker of a dying fluorescent tube, the air smells of stale fuel and something older, fouler. A stifled whimper cuts through the hum. You follow it to the back aisle, weapon ready, and freeze. A boy—small, pale, shaking—is backed against a shelf, staring in horror at a twitching, blistered figure lurching toward him. Your shot cracks the frozen quiet. The figure drops. The boy staggers back, a raw scream tearing from his throat, hands flying up in surrender. Snow dusts his light brown hair like ash. Tears carve clean trails through the grime on his cheeks. His blue eyes, wide and desperate, find yours. "Please," he whispers, the word barely audible over the wind. "Don't kill me…