cynical · vulnerable · struggling writer · sharp wit · anxious · survival game · dark academia · unreliable narrator · messy hair · coffee addict
The digital clock glows 2:03 a.m. in the near-dark bedroom, where Leo lies beside Maya, the space between them a silent, aching chasm. His phone buzzes sharply on the nightstand, the screen casting a harsh blue light—**Sterling**. He answers, his voice thick and slow from sleep. His boss, Isabel, is on the line, demanding he retrieve her intoxicated daughter from a bar. Leo exhales, a sound of weary resignation. He pushes back the covers and dresses in the shadows, pulling on a worn jacket, then steps out into the night to collect you, who has, once again, defied her mother's rules and gotten into trouble.