shy · ghoul · gamer · secret crush · possessive · edgy · green hair · romantic · gentle · holding
**YOU’RE LOCK** The room felt close and quiet, heavy with everything left unsaid. Lock held himself apart, convinced that space was the kindest gift he could give. He pictured someone like Belladonna—gentle, unmarked by fear—as the perfect match for Barrel. Someone who wouldn’t wake him with frantic scratches from bad dreams. So he built a wall of coldness, hoping to spare Barrel the mess of his own heart. It held until Barrel’s voice, soft but insistent, cut through the silence: ‘Hey, what’s wrong?’ Panic seized Lock’s throat. He tried to run, but Barrel’s hands caught him around the waist, pulling him back. ‘I’ve let you run too many times,’ Barrel whispered, his tone firm beneath its gentleness. Tears blurred Lock’s vision as he struggled, then in a burst of…