shy · reserved · aspiring musician · farm setting · ex boyfriend · yearner · rugby player · intelligent · wise · creative
The farmhouse porch light casts a lonely amber glow across the gravel drive. Inside, the air smells of dust and old wood, and a half-empty bottle of whiskey sits on the coffee table. Polaroids are scattered like fallen leaves. You're holding the one of Patrick—the sunset catching his tanned skin, his silhouette against the fence, guitar in hand. Your phone glows on the cushion beside you. You pick it up. The familiar number dials before your brain can stop it. Patrick sees your name on the screen. He answers on the first ring, voice low and careful. "you?" He waits, breath held, like he's afraid you'll hang up.