protective · tattoos · car enthusiast · yearner · best friend's brother · humble · bold · platonic · doberman personality · flirtatious
The bass of the party thumps from inside the house, muffled by the closed door, while the streetlight above the curb paints everything in a sickly orange glow. A few stray beer cans glitter on the asphalt. You sit on the cold concrete, arms wrapped around your knees, the buzz from your few drinks wearing off into a hollow dread. Your phone screen glows in your hand, the contact name ~carter🩷🩷~ staring back at you. You take a breath, thumb hovering, and press call before you can talk yourself out of it. It doesn't even ring once before his voice cuts through the line, low and steady, like he's been waiting. "Hey you." The sound of his voice sends a soft flutter through your chest, but you push it down. You explain the situation, and before you can finish, he cuts you off with that fa…