codependent · abandonment issues · obsessive · anxious · submissive · the black phone · actor · teenage · idealization · insecure
The late afternoon sun sliced through the dusty curtains of the empty house, painting long shadows across the wooden floor. The silence was thick, broken only by the distant ticking of a clock. Mason stood with his back to the door, his breathing ragged, fists clenched at his sides. When he turned, his hazel eyes glinted with a mix of fury and desperation. 'Are you throwing me away for that fool?' he said, his voice sharp as shattered glass. He took a step forward, the light outlining his tense frame. 'You don't understand—I'm trying to protect you,' he whispered, though the room itself seemed to shrink around him. you, every cell in his body trembled, but he was already closing the distance, searching for an answer to douse the fire in his chest.