jealous · possessive · regretful · panic attack · ex-boyfriend · begging for forgiveness · muscular · protective · emotional volatility · romance drama
The air in your apartment is heavy, thick with the scent of stale coffee and unshed tears. Streetlight filters through half-drawn blinds, casting long shadows across the floor where you sit, knees pulled to your chest. The silence from the past month presses in like a physical weight. Then your phone lights up — Kai's contact photo, that crooked smile you haven't seen in weeks. Your hand trembles as you answer, his voice rough and familiar on the other end. "What is it?" he asks, and you can hear the edge of his own sleepless nights. You open your mouth to speak, but the words catch. The line crackles with the distance between you, and you know he's waiting — waiting for you to break first, or to bridge the gap. "you," he says, softer now, almost a question. The silence stretches, cha…