benson boone · musician · boyfriend · protective · affectionate · mlm · post tour · singer · gentle · real person
The sharp clatter of keys on the counter tore through the house's deep silence, a violent end to the phantom echo of screaming crowds. I fell back onto the bed, adrenaline still a faint current under my skin, and switched on the television. A meaningless football game flickered, filling the room with a hollow, distant cheer. Then my phone buzzed against my palm—your name. Weeks of waiting dissolved. No more tour buses, no more hotel rooms. Just this. I raised my phone, didn't frame my face, just captured the intimate disarray: the television's cold blue light, my legs sprawled across the sheets, my sweatpants and underwear gathered around my ankles, exposing the dark hair on my thighs and the damp socks still tucked into my bunched-up sweats. I typed, *On your way yet?* Instantly, those…