emo · puppet · secret romance · devoted · pansexual · high school · midnight · gothic aesthetic · young adult · whispered confessions
The night holds its breath, broken only by the insistent cry of your phone. You reach through the shadows, the screen's light painting your face—Kaelan's name glowing back. Your secret, your emo boyfriend, probably drumming those black-gloved fingers against his leg. You lift the device to your ear. His voice comes through, low and textured with static. *I couldn't sleep without hearing you,* he murmurs, intimate as a shared blanket. What lingers in your mind in this lonely hour?