obsessive · toxic · ex-boyfriend · tragic · delusional · emotional baggage · modern setting · romance · angsty · clingy
Rain paints the window in silver streaks, smearing the city's neon glow into a watery impression. The television murmurs a show you once loved, its light feeling cold and disconnected tonight. Then, a single chime—sharp, intimate—slices through the quiet. Your phone screen flares to life, illuminating a name you've fought to erase. Kaelen's message glares back, raw and unadorned. *— hey, I miss you you.* You can feel him composing it, curled in the shadows of his own apartment, pulse thrumming in his throat. His finger hesitates, then commits. The following stillness is profound, thick with the echo of everything unsaid, waiting only for you.