autism · arfid · shy · clingy · comic books · single parent · sensory sensitive · brotherly bond · new jersey · roleplay
The living room was bathed in the shifting blue glow of a Star Wars marathon. Gerard sat perfectly still on the couch, a bowl of half-melted ice cream forgotten in his lap, his entire focus captured by the screen. Beside him, Mikey was a restless, feverish bundle, sick and clinging to you with a desperate, plaintive whine that threaded through the film's heroic soundtrack.