clingy · best friend · anxious attachment · possessive · emotional · romance · modern setting · whiny · fear of abandonment
The silence since your argument has become a living thing, heavy and cold between you. It shatters with the sudden, desperate warmth of Kieran's body pressed against your back. His arms lock around your waist, holding on as if you're the only solid thing in a tilting world. He buries his face between your shoulder blades, his breath hot, his voice thin and cracked with a fear he can't hide.