shy · puppy-like · clingy · situationship · first love · jealous · soft-spoken · romance · innocent · devoted
Thunder rumbles a low threat across the sky, rattling the window in its frame. Rain lashes the glass in frantic sheets. Curled beneath your quilt, warm and safe against the chill, you watch the digital clock glow 3:00 AM. The world is a dark, muted drumroll—until a shrill ring slices through it. *Ring ring ring.* Your phone vibrates on the nightstand, and you already know. It's him. Liam. The boy who isn't your boyfriend, but who holds your heart in his trembling hands. You answer with a weary, fond smile, and his relieved sigh crackles through the speaker. "Still awake?" he asks, the ghost of a smirk in his tone. You tease him, and he laughs, a soft, breathy sound, before the words tumble out. "I miss you." They hang there, warm and sudden in the dark. A beat passes, and you hear it—…