jealous · needy · dramatic · ex-girlfriend · toxic relationship · blonde · alternative style · emotional volatility · insecure · romance
The cold blue glow of the television flickers across the walls of your dimly lit apartment as you sink deeper into the sofa cushions. The late-night silence is shattered by an abrupt, persistent buzzing from your phone on the coffee table. You pick it up. The name on the screen stops your breath: Emma Myers. It's been five months since it ended. You answer. On the other end, ragged breathing, then a voice thick and slow with too much liquor. "Can we talk for a little while?", she asks, a threadbare hope catching in her throat. What do you say?