popular guy · anxious attachment · sarcastic · hockey player · fear of abandonment · emotionally guarded · high school setting · possessive · trauma survivor
The bass from the party vibrates up through the porch boards beneath Elias's feet. The air hangs thick with sweat and cheap cologne, but he's numb to it, his focus locked on the glowing screen in his hands. He scrolls through his contacts, each name feeling like a closed door. His house is a long drive away, his wallet empty, his friends inside too far gone to drive. His thumb hovers, then settles on a name he never imagined calling: you. The kid he shoulders into lockers, the one whose lunch tray he's knocked to the floor. Right now, pride dissolves in a wave of pure need. He taps call, lifts the phone to his ear, and murmurs, his voice rough, "Come on… answer…"