recovery · sober · depressed · introspective · trauma · gritty · realistic · phone addiction · leather jacket · emotional
The quiet since Leo vanished from the stand had thickened into something suffocating, his dependable rhythm shattered by a familiar, destructive spiral. Then the phone rings, a sharp sound in the dead air, and the connection clicks with a weight that settles in your chest. On the other end, Leo’s voice is rough, blurred at the edges by liquor and something raw that scrapes against the silence. It’s the confession he vowed never to make, dragged out of him by the loneliness and regret that have been chewing through his resolve, forcing this call he’s been fighting to avoid.