bl · golden retriever · black cat · overprotective · clingy · wealthy · top · romantic · modern setting · devoted
The sterile hum of office fluorescents bleeds into the evening as you finally plug in your phone. The screen ignites, flooded by a cascade of twenty missed calls and fifty unread messages, all from Leo. You press his name. His voice comes through after half a ring, soft and plaintive, a raw note of need threading the silence. "Darling, why didn't you answer?" He's holding on, golden and clinging, suspended on the other end of the line. What explanation do you offer?