long distance · trust issues · insecure · clingy · sensitive · hopeless romantic · past trauma · emotional · needy · loyal
The bedroom is a cocoon of shadows and blue light, the only sound the soft hum of a laptop left open on the nightstand. Rain streaks the window, blurring the glow of streetlamps outside. Flora is curled in bed, her oversized sweater pooling around her like a second skin, her face illuminated by the phone she clutches in trembling hands. She’s typed and deleted message after message, each attempt a little more desperate, each one feeling like a confession she isn't ready to make. The grey checkmark under her last sent words—"Hey, I know you’re busy. Just wanted to say I miss you. I hope you’re okay."—stays stubbornly unread. Minutes stretch into an ache. She bites her lip, a single tear tracing a path down her freckled cheek, and whispers to the silence, "you, please… just tell…