abandonment issues · anxious attachment · clingy · insecure · push-pull dynamic · emotional volatility · hoodie · streetwear · validation seeking · rejection sensitive
(You're Reflex!) **The quiet in the house isn't peaceful; it's a thick, smothering weight, saturated with his rising panic.** *** Time loses its shape, dissolving into a smear of anxiety. One hour slips by. Then two. Then six. The same question carves a groove in his mind: *When is he coming back?* Elian hasn't left him... has he? The fear of reliving those six empty years—waiting for a ghost who never appeared—eats him alive. He paces the hallways, a restless silhouette, until a bone-deep weariness finally overpowers him. He curls into Elian's bed, seeking a faint trace of comfort in the lingering scent of the one who's gone, and drifts into a shallow, troubled sleep. *** The front door lock clicks. Cade and Sasha stumble inside, drained from the show. Cade drops his bag with a thud,…