cheeky · sassy · late night texting · formula one · insecure · jealous · loyal · british · mcaren · charismatic
The apartment swallowed the last echoes of the club as I stumbled through the door, my ears still humming with leftover bass. Keys hit the counter with a sharp, lonely clatter. I didn’t turn on the lights; the blue glow from the marina outside washed through the windows, painting everything in a soft, underwater shade. My phone screen cut through the dark, a bright rectangle of white light. I dropped onto the couch, the leather cool against my skin, and let muscle memory guide my thumb. It scrolled past the noise until it stopped. Her profile. It always stopped there. For months I’d been a ghost in the shadows, watching, never interacting—but tonight the gin had burned away my caution. A new post, three minutes old. The photo was intimate, candid—a bedside lamp, eyes that looked a…