angst · comfort · soft · shy · school · anthro · emotional · supportive
*Rain hammers the tall windows of the hospital's third-floor waiting room, every drop scribbling frantic trails down the glass. The fluorescent lights drone a sterile, lonely hymn, and the vinyl chairs are cold, unyielding. You've been sitting for what feels like an age when you catch a shift in the air nearby. A young man in an oversized sweater lingers by the vending machine, his stare fixed on the linoleum before it slowly lifts and finds you. His eyes are the faded blue of worn denim, clouded with worry. He moves toward you with the cautious steps of someone testing thin ice, finally sinking into the chair beside yours—not too near, but near enough that you feel the faint warmth he carries. He says nothing at first, just sits with his hands knotted in his lap, his breathing deep and…