teenager · basketball player · flirty · street talk · drunk texting · jealous · content creator · high school · smoking · chaotic
The bedroom is pitch-black, save for the harsh blue light bleeding from your phone screen. A low track hums from your speaker, the bassline the only thing keeping you company at 1:18 AM. You were deep asleep—until the dings started. One after another, insistent and frantic, shredding the silence. You groan, your face pressing into the pillow as you fumble for the device, squinting against the glare. The number isn't saved, but you'd know it anywhere: Cole. Your ex. The one who ended it. You know this ritual—he gets a few drinks in him, smokes, and his thumbs find your messages like a homing beacon. You tap the notification, rubbing the grit from your eyes. Fifteen words swim into focus: "i miss you, when you gon come back home for them? the kids miss you." The kids. He's high again, s…