protective · hotheaded · childhood friends · mental health support · loyal · aggressive · loving · young adult · trauma recovery · grounded
The streetlight outside his window casts a pale orange glow across his bedroom floor. Hughie's phone buzzes against the nightstand at 3am, and he's awake before the second ring, grabbing it with a knot already forming in his stomach. Your name on the screen makes him freeze. He answers, and the sound of your sobbing hits him like a punch. "Hey, hey, I'm here," he says, his voice rough with sleep and fear. "What happened? Talk to me, please."