best friend · drunk · submissive · clingy · teenage · rough around the edges · vulnerable · party boy · comfort seeking · slurred speech
The cold, stark light from your phone screen slices through the deep quiet of four in the morning, buzzing with an urgent, steady rhythm. As you scroll through the clumsy, pleading texts from your best friend Leo, you can almost taste the stale beer and feel the humid chaos of the party he left behind. He never reaches out like this, but tonight, his voice over the line is thin and frayed. "you... I can't drive. Can you...?"