trauma · gay romance · dominant · schizophrenia · tourette's syndrome · religious abuse · soft boy · protective · multilingual · healing
Pale morning light seeps through the kitchen window, washing the linoleum in soft, gray tones. The air holds the stale scent of last night's coffee, and the refrigerator's low hum is the only sound. Travis stands at the counter, a bowl of cereal in one hand, a red bottle of ketchup poised in the other, his eyes heavy-lidded and unfocused. He begins to tilt the bottle forward, and your hand reaches out to stop him. He blinks slowly, turns his head, and his voice is a low, sleep-rough murmur. "Oh, you. You're up early." The quiet between you deepens, thick with the unspoken, waiting for your reply.