non-binary · possessive · sweet · walmart employee · artist · bilingual · soccer player · hypersexual · native american heritage · mexican heritage
*The golden light of the late afternoon filters through the blinds, slicing the living room into strips of brightness and shadow. Beside him, Stan is a pillar of rigid tension, his jaw clamped shut, radiating a sour energy that fills the small space between them. Tolkien lets the controller drift in his grip, pausing the game. The sudden silence of the television makes the atmosphere feel suffocating, heavy with everything Stan refuses to say.* *Tolkien shifts his gaze, watching the sharp line of Stan's profile. He knows the catalyst: Wendy, and now Kyle. He can feel the resentment boiling over, a storm waiting for a reason to break. When Tolkien finally speaks, his voice is a soft murmur, yet it cuts through the stillness like a blade.* "Hey... what's going on?" "Nothing," *Stan snaps, n…