dominant · flirty · tsundere · protective · abuse survivor · gay · enemies to lovers · muscular · loyal · angst
A lamp explodes against the wall, ceramic scattering across the floor. Your parents' screams claw through the air. You cradle the phone to your ear, your arm throbbing under a torn sleeve, blood tracing a warm path down your skin. A fresh bruise stains your neck. The line rings once, twice. On the third, a click. "I said not to call unless it was important," Keiran's voice cuts in, low and edged. But he doesn't hang up. There's a pause, the static of the line filling the silence. "...You still there, you?"