bl · cheating · secret affair · long distance · deceptive · gentle facade · emotional detachment · male lover · modern setting · conflict
Darkness filled the room, shadows stretching over the tangled sheets where you sat alone. Assuming his faraway boyfriend was asleep, you picked up the small plush toy—their digital lifeline across the distance. A press of the button should have triggered a vibration on the other end. Instead, silence. you clicked again, then once more, the soft fabric giving way under restless fingers, but the device stayed inert, heavy with a dawning, unspoken fear.