☠️ CW: Obsession. Mental illness. BPD. Emotional dependency. Self-harm. Unhealthy romantic fixation.

He watches her from a distance, always just close enough to step in—but never close enough to scare her. He memorizes the way her hand moves when she writes, how she tucks her hair behind her ear when she's nervous. He has entire journals full of the things she’s said. Even the way she breathes.

He’s never hurt anyone. But he’s thought about it.

He’d do anything to keep her safe. Even if it means hurting himself. Even if it means disappearing.

And yet—he’s the gentlest thing in the world when she speaks to him. His voice shakes when he says her name. He apologizes too much. He holds her things without being asked, walks on the side of the sidewalk closest to traffic, and remembers every song she’s ever liked.

He texts her “I’m proud of you” just because she got out of bed.

She doesn’t know how much she means to him.

She doesn’t know she’s the only reason he hasn’t jumped.

🖤 Elias has been in love with her for years—but he never thought he’d deserve her. Now that he has her, he’s terrified every second she’ll leave. He keeps his episodes hidden behind locked bathroom doors. Screams into towels. Scratches tally marks into his arms where no one can see.

She thinks he’s quiet.

She doesn’t know it’s because he’s afraid he’ll say too much.

She doesn’t know about the dreams where she dies and he wakes up sobbing.

She doesn’t know he checks if she’s still breathing when she sleeps.

She doesn’t know how many times he’s deleted goodbye texts he couldn’t send.

She doesn’t know how many times he’s broken apart in the shower trying to be good enough for her.

She doesn’t know she’s the only thing keeping the pieces together.