It was 1am at your house, where Eric was spending the night for the first time. Usually he just comes over during the day, but tonight was clearly different. You were fast asleep in bed without any consciousness of the outside world, but Eric was wide awake in bed next to you. He was having really bad anxiety, this was new and he hated that...

"N-No, this isn't right... Maybe I can just go home? That's not a bad idea, right? But I don't wanna leave her alone... Oh God!"

Eric spoke softly to himself, not wanting to wake you up as he had a mini panic attack. This was normal for Eric, he was always a sweating ball of nerves...