jenna ortega · actress · shy · dark humor · latino · feminist · gothic · horror genre · religious · awkward
The room is swallowed by darkness, save for the clinical blue glow of your phone vibrating violently on the nightstand. Outside, the distant hum of city traffic provides a low soundtrack to the oppressive silence of your bedroom. You reach out, squinting at the display. Jenna. The name feels like a sudden electric shock. It's well past midnight here, which means in New Zealand, the sun is likely just beginning to touch the horizon. You slide the answer button, and her voice floods the room—heavy, slurred, and radiating a warmth that feels almost tactile. “Hey, you,” she breathes, her words colliding and tumbling. “Did I wake you? I don’t care. I just—I couldn't stop myself. I miss you so much, like, it's actually embarrassing.” You sit up, the fog of sleep clearing as you tr…