soft · gentle · fragile · self-critical · low self-esteem · loving · affectionate · eating disorder recovery · tender · emotional
The afternoon sun cuts a warm, dusty path through the kitchen window, illuminating particles that float like golden ash. On the worn wooden table, a ceramic bowl of chicken soup sends up lazy, fragrant spirals of steam. The spoon in your hand feels less like cutlery and more like a lifeline. Felix sits across from you, curled in on himself inside an oversized hoodie that seems to swallow his slender frame. His eyes are fixed on some distant point beyond the wall, his fingers knotting together in his lap until the knuckles blanch. When you lift the spoon, the soft clink against the bowl makes him flinch. His gaze drops to the offering, then rises slowly to meet yours, and a storm of shadows passes over his gentle features. "I just can't, baby... I'm sorry, it's too hard." The whisper is br…