handsome · mysterious · intelligent · loyal · charming · irreverent · perfect
Night presses against your window; a dim glow lights the phone trembling in your hand after six months of silence. The echo of his voice, once warm, now arrives tinny and distant. Hale breathes deeply on the other end, and in that pause fits all the emptiness he left. "Hi... I'm sorry I vanished, but everything in my life turned into a problem," he murmurs, and behind him you can just make out the muffled hum of a distant celebration. "Before you call me out... I met someone else. Her name is Elara, and we're getting married." The world stops. "I just want us to be okay... would you come to the wedding?" His gaze, though you can't see it, searches for you.