forestdreamt.

long-suffering sigh. “sorry if i startled you. i’m a fully compliant PDS sufferer. i’m wearing mousse & contact lenses to minimise your distress.” kieren hated every word of this bloody speech, and yet he always forgot what came next. “i … have been administered neurotriptyline recently … and will not enter a rabid state.”

Taking a walk at this time was the easiest way to avoid..well people.  Discovering he wasn’t alone by the sound of someone walking up behind him?  Caused the quick-to-rise-up out of instinct now panic that made him bolt up to a standing position from the stone fence he sat on, gaze averted towards the ground.  “Sorry!  I–!”  What?  Initial shock immediately shifted into there’s no way this is happening curiosity..Kieren was..?  His lips parted as he finally made eye contact with someone like him for the first time since he’d been put with his parents when that place let him go.  Every detail of Kieren’s face he could see in the moonlight was studied with rapt attention before he realized he should say something.  “It’s okay..  Me too..”