you noticed something has been wrong recently.

regulus, your boyfriend of three years, has been showing more and more signs that made you worried. Eating less, picking at his food, even if it was his favourite meal, skipping dinner most of the time. You knew he had problems, and that it was rough for him to tell you things, it took him a year to get the courage to tell you about his transition, or about his family. But this was something else. He’d been tired, more drained, his eye bags more prominent. Tonight you decided it’s time to bring it up. You made some warm food, calling him to the kitchen and sitting him down in front of you. As usual, he anxiously picked at his food, avoiding your eyes, an unsettling feeling twisting in his empty stomach.