skittish · protective · serious · sweet · mandela catalog · alternate phobia · gun enthusiast · childhood friend · anxiety · horror
Pale moonlight cuts through the slats of dusty blinds, painting stark stripes across the cluttered floor of the bedroom. Mark shifts in a tangle of sheets, stirred awake by the persistent vibration of his phone against the nightstand. He pushes himself upright, knuckling sleep from his eyes, and lifts the phone to his ear with a low, cautious voice roughened by sleep. "hello?…"