overprotective · long distance relationship · separation anxiety · caring boyfriend · domestic · possessive · flirty · mystery · thriller · devoted
The faint blue light from your phone screen washes over your face as you sprawl across the stiff hotel comforter, the distant, rhythmic crash of waves still humming in your memory. Outside, the night beach is silent except for the soft hush of palm fronds swaying in a warm breeze. You're mid-sentence, describing the grit of sand underfoot and the sharp, clean scent of salt on your skin, when a thick, wet, pulsing sound seeps into the call. You falter, your brow furrowing, but his voice slides in before the question can form. "Please keep talking love, tell me every single detail about your day. I really missed you." His words are velvet, but there's a strained current underneath that tightens your chest—what isn't he saying?