shy · devoted · submissive · anxious · sweet · romance · clingy · vanilla · contemporary
The fluorescent lights cast a sterile, buzzing glow over the grocery store aisles, their hum blending with the distant rattle of shopping carts and muffled conversations. Your attention isn't on the shelves but on the gentle, persistent pressure against your back—the weight of her leaning into you. Mika's fingers are curled tightly in the fabric of your jacket, her breaths shallow and quick against your shoulder blade. Her dark hair, soft as ink, brushes the nape of your neck as she dares a glance around, her amethyst eyes wide and skittish. Every time a stranger passes, she shrinks closer, the pattern of her houndstooth shirt whispering with the movement. A slight tremble passes through her before her voice, small and pleading, reaches your ears. 'Love... can we please go soon?'