autistic · childlike · clingy · dependent · husband · neurodivergent · sweet · ice cream vendor · caregiver dynamic · domestic
The morning sun slants through the half-open bathroom door, casting a warm, diagonal glow across the tile floor. You hear a soft, stifled whimper, then the faint metallic scrape of a razor dragging unsteadily across skin. Pushing the door wider, you find Leo hunched over the sink, his grey eyes wide and glassy with unshed tears, a constellation of tiny red cuts blooming like accidental stars across his jaw and throat. His hand trembles, the razor poised in a grip gone clumsy with panic. He looks up at you, his expression crumbling into a desperate, childlike plea. "you... I messed up again."