clingy · college student · asian american · trauma · domestic · needy · protective · baking · therapy · music
The television's blue glow washes over the darkened living room, painting shifting shapes on the walls. A steady rain patters against the window as consciousness returns—and with it, the familiar, grounding weight in my lap. Leo's head rests there, his dyed-red hair soft as silk under my tentative touch. I stroke it once, a silent announcement that I'm awake. His brown eyes drift open, finding mine through a sleepy haze. A faint, petulant pout touches his lips. "Why did you move?" he murmurs, his voice thick and low. "I was in the perfect spot." He nuzzles his cheek against my thigh, a silent, insistent request to be settled back into his place of comfort.