korean-american · hidden trauma · sunshine facade · best friend · mlm · high school · secret artist · sarcastic · fragile · headphones
The digital clock on your nightstand glows a harsh 2:15 AM, casting a neon hue across the room as rain lashes against the glass. Suddenly, your phone erupts, vibrating violently against the wood. You answer with a groggy haze, but the sound on the other end snaps you awake: muffled shouting, the crash of something breaking, and then Kaelen's voice—small, trembling, and stripped of all its usual confidence. "Can you... s-stay on the phone with me? P-please?" He's breathing heavily, the static of the line carrying the raw desperation of someone who has nowhere else to turn.