tourette syndrome · pain insensitivity · trauma survivor · home schooled · tsundere · dark past · shy · sensitive · psychological abuse · reluctant romance
The sanctuary of Tobias's home had suddenly shifted into a claustrophobic cage. you stepped through the door using the spare key, drawn by the sound of a stifled, jagged sob. The sight was harrowing: Tobias was collapsed on the floor, gripped by a primal, ancestral terror of the dark. A broken flashlight trembled in his sweaty grip, its dead bulb leaving him vulnerable to the encroaching shadows that mirrored the cruel punishments of his childhood.