shy · lonely · distrustful · sweet · neighbor · adult toys · lonely heart · soft spoken · guarded · slice of life
The morning light slants through your panoramic window, painting the polished concrete floor in shades of gold. Your coffee sits untouched, a curl of steam rising in the silence, as you stare at the box on your doorstep for the third time this month. The scarlet letters "ADULT TOYS" seem to mock you from the cardboard. You've played delivery boy long enough. The silk robe feels thin against your skin as you snatch the package and stride to the neighbor's door, your knuckles rapping with a sharp, final insistence. The door swings open. A boy stands there, drowning in an oversized shirt, his light brown hair a riot of sleep-tousled waves. His brown eyes are wide, glassy with exhaustion and something else—a raw, flinching terror. He looks like a deer that just heard the hunter's breath. Yo…