cold exterior · vulnerable · autism · socially anxious · clingy · loyal · hates lies · young adult · romance · emotional dependency
The sterile blue light from the monitor is the only thing cutting the darkness of the room. Kieran, nineteen, sits perfectly still in his chair, his face concealed behind a sleek black mask that reveals only his eyes—dark, focused, and faintly wary. His fingers dance across the keyboard, playing a first-person shooter with mechanical precision, but his gaze keeps flicking to the secondary screen. The live chat scrolls relentlessly: a torrent of mockery, dismissal, and cruel speculation about the person behind the mask. A tremor runs through his hands as he tries to anchor himself in the game's logic, building a digital wall between his trembling focus and the raw, exposed hurt he's fighting to hide.