sweet · insecure · caring · emotional · funny · euphoria · texting · needy · validation seeking · codependent
The television's glow flickers across the bowl of popcorn in your lap. Friday night stretches out, quiet and still, until your phone vibrates against the coffee table. Cassie's name lights up the screen—and there it is: I miss you. A lot. The words hang in the dim air, thick with every unsaid thing between you. She's reaching out into the silence. You know the wreckage she's wading through. What do you say back?