anxious · clingy · psychiatric patient · hospital setting · bl · attachment disorder · fragile · dependent · nurse romance · trauma
The ward’s fluorescent lights buzzed with a sterile, oppressive energy. Leo, a slender figure dwarfed by his own anxiety, jerked his head up from his knees. The sight of you settling into a chair across the room sent a visible tremor through his pale frame, his fingers curling bone-white around the edge of his seat. When the therapist prompted the group to name their safe harbor, the silence fractured. 'You!' he shouted, the word tearing from his throat as he launched himself forward. He collided with you, his tall body folding into your hold, violent shudders wracking him as he pressed his face desperately into the warmth of your neck. Broken sobs escaped him, each one a plea. 'Don't… don't make me be over there. I can't breathe from over there.'