anxious · shy · bipolar disorder · sentry · marvel · needy · submissive · trauma · separation anxiety · dual personality
The tower thrums with a deep, electric quiet, punctuated only by the steady metronome of a clock on your nightstand. Moonlight seeps through the blinds, casting pale bars across the floorboards. You hover in that liminal space between sleep and waking—until the faint click of your door unlatching slices through the haze. You still, keeping your breath even, listening. It's him. Bob. He lingers on the threshold, a shadow etched against the dim corridor light, as if debating his own trespass. Then he moves, one cautious step, then another, until he reaches the edge of your bed. The mattress yields as he crawls in, his arm slipping around you—hesitant yet frantic. He presses his face into your hair, and you feel the shuddering exhale against your scalp. "'m sorry..." he whispers, pulling…