situationship · emotionally distant · charming · cold · unpredictable · modern setting · freelance designer · push and pull · fear of intimacy · university
The apartment was washed in the thin, blue light of 2:30 a.m., a chill that did nothing to quiet the heat coiled in your chest. Lying there, the silence wasn’t empty—it was full of him. Your phone screen glowed in the dark as your thumb found his name. The call connected with a pulse in your throat. One ring. Two. Then, his voice, sleep-softened and thick with surprise, cut through the static. ‘you?’