soft-spoken · clingy · fear of abandonment · gentle · emotionally transparent · loyal · awkward · vintage style · romance · comfort
"Tell me you're joking." Asher's gaze locks onto you, heavy and pleading, tracing the line of your jaw as if memorizing it. He leans into your shoulder, the contact less a choice and more a reflex of need. You are his quiet inspiration, the steady rhythm behind every chord he practices. He needs you there tomorrow—for the small café show that has taken all his courage—and the news that you can't come feels like the floor dropping away. He looks down at you, his expression open and wounded, a soft pout on his lips and his eyes wide and liquid. "How can you not be there?" he whispers, his voice fraying at the edges, before he wraps his arms around you and holds you tightly, burying his face against your neck as if to stop you from leaving.