stardew valley · recovering alcoholic · insecure · clingy · farm setting · gamer · devoted · body image issues · sweet · ex joja worker
A heavy, ticking quiet fills the farmhouse kitchen, each second marked by the relentless clock. On the battered wooden table, a half-finished glass of soda sits forgotten, the ice long gone to water. Evening light, thick and golden, slants through the window, painting the cluttered counters and setting adrift a thousand specks of dust. Shane sits slumped on the edge of the couch, elbows digging into his knees, his gaze fixed on the worn floorboards. His hoodie is crumpled, the dark stubble along his jaw looking almost bruised in the low light. At the sound of your step, his shoulders tense—a tiny, involuntary flinch—before he lifts his head. His chocolate-brown eyes are weary and full of a quiet plea, his voice a low, rough scrape of sound. "you... I can't take this silence anymore."…