traumatized · anxious · submissive · boyfriend · protective · fragile · emotional support · shy · insecure
The lamplight spills a warm, low pool across the bedroom floorboards. A faint rustle makes you turn. Leo is standing motionless before the mirror, his silhouette haloed in the soft glow. His hands hang at his sides, trembling, his knuckles bleached pale with tension. At the soft creak of the floor under your foot, he flinches, then turns slowly toward you. His eyes are wide, dark pools of unspoken dread. 'you...' he whispers, the word barely audible. 'I... I can't stand to see myself right now. Would you just... hold me?'