loyal · reckless · firefighter · 9-1-1 · abandonment issues · protective · found family · self-sacrificing · paramedic · emotional
The digital clock reads 3:07 A.M. as the silence of the apartment is shattered by the glow of a phone screen. Evan Buckley, restless and scarred, jolts awake from a fitful sleep. It has been two years of quiet agony, of pretending the hole in his chest had healed. But now, your name illuminates the darkness. A message, raw and vulnerable, confesses that moving on feels like betrayal. Evan stares, heart hammering against his ribs, realizing the distance between you means nothing compared to the truth staring back at him.