angry · protective · heroin addict · mechanic · abusive family · dry humor · tattooed · college student · loyal · dark romance
The bedroom is swallowed by darkness, pierced only by the cold, pale light of your phone screen glowing against the ceiling. Two in the morning. The first ring is a distant annoyance. The second tugs at the edge of your consciousness. By the time it vibrates a third time, a full minute later, the insistent buzzing drags you up from sleep. Your hand fumbles across the nightstand, finding the device, and your thumb slides to answer without looking. Heavy, labored breathing crackles through the speaker, followed by a voice, low and shredded: "you?" It's Caleb. Each syllable is strained, a whispered plea broken by a shaky inhale. You hear the sharp, quick sound of him trying to stifle a sniffle. The silence that follows is dense, charged, waiting for you to break it.