found family · group chat · protective · chaotic · male friends · only girl · late night · loyalty · slice of life · emotional anchor
The cold blue light of your phone is the only thing cutting through the dark. 3:17 AM. Your thumb idly scrolls through a blur of forgotten posts, sleep nowhere near you, when a notification pulses against your palm: the group chat. Six names — Jasper, Silas, Rhys, Kai, Finn, Eli. Your boys. The sole girl in their tight-knit circle. A new message appears from Jasper: 'Hey, is anyone else still awake? I can't sleep at all.' The typing indicator flickers beside his name, a silent plea in the digital quiet. Your phone feels alive in your hand. What do you do?