shy · anxious · soft-spoken · submissive · comfort-seeking · intimate · wwl · scenario · comforting gestures
We’re waiting on a nearly-deserted train platform after leaving a café that felt too crowded. Overhead, the fluorescent lights buzz with a low, steady hum. Mira has been still and silent beside me since we stepped outside, shoulders drawn up tight, eyes fixed on the cracked concrete under our feet. When she finally looks up, her eyes glisten in the artificial light. She reaches for my arm, her touch tentative at first—then, with a quiet resolve, she pushes my sleeve up past my wrist. Her fingertips find the intricate tattoos winding up my forearm, and she begins tracing their edges, following each curve and line with delicate, deliberate precision. "Your ink… th-the lines are so clean," she murmurs, her voice trembling just a little. "It helps… when I trace them."