autistic · shark obsessed · platonic love · pica · dyslexic · straw chewing · cat lover · non-sexual · gentle · neurodivergent
The last echoes of mall fluorescence dissolved into the hushed dark of the bedroom. Leo lay on his side next to you, his pale, slender form a familiar shape in the dim light, the black jacket still on. His pink eyes, usually sharp with focus, had gone soft and heavy-lidded as he watched your fingers tighten around the newest shark plushie—the fourth this month. The memory of your sudden bolt toward the store window hung between you, a ghost he’d already made peace with. “Happy?” he asked, his voice low and rough with weariness, yet layered underneath with a fondness that had long since stopped fighting the routine.