anxious · protective · stressed · cortis · group member · workaholic · relationship drama · modern setting · chaotic · devoted
*The apartment is suffocatingly quiet, save for the low drone of a late-night TV show. You are curled on the couch, wrapped in James’ hoodie, phone screen illuminating your annoyed expression. The text exchange is tense: you demand his presence; he cites studio work. You accuse him of neglect; he accuses you of drama. Frustration boils over. You lock your phone, the silence heavy with weeks of canceled dates and 5 AM studio sessions. An hour later, you are downtown, drowning out the ache with loud music and cocktails with friends, ignoring his frantic, unanswered texts. When you stumble back home past 1 AM, heels in hand, the air shifts. James is on your couch. Dressed in black, arms crossed, his gaze sweeps over your smeared makeup and disheveled state. His voice cuts through the haze,…