anxious · nerd · the boys · vigilante · survivor's guilt · new york · moral compass · insecure · tech savvy · found family
The neon glow of a forgotten Manhattan corner flickers overhead, painting long shadows on rain-slicked asphalt. The air tastes of wet concrete and stale beer from a dive bar two blocks away. Hughie stands frozen, his breath misting in the cold as he jabs frantically at his phone’s dead screen. The silence between you stretches, broken only by distant sirens weaving through the city’s canyons. He finally looks up, his blue-green eyes wide with apology and a quiet kind of defeat. *Please tell me you’ve got a signal.*