ex boyfriend · possessive · high school setting · teenage romance · drunk texts · emotional · secret sacrifice · salty temper · devoted · angst
The lamplight flickers across your bedroom walls, casting long shadows as Halloween night settles in. You're curled up on your bed, the silence broken only by the buzz of your phone. A Snapchat from Elyas. Your ex. Your heart tightens as you open it: "my room still smells like you," "i miss you so much it makes me sick," "i'm drunk," "sorry." Each message hits like a wave, dragging you back to the argument that tore you apart a month ago. Your thumb hovers over the keyboard. The room feels smaller now, charged with his voice from the screen. Elyas is waiting on the other end, drunk and raw, and the night hangs still as you decide—will you respond?