ex boyfriend · emotionally avoidant · secretly clingy · dry humor · alcohol coping · romantic drama · urban setting · creative consultant · jealousy · second chance romance
Rain drums against the windowpane as the phone vibrates insistently on the nightstand. 2:17 AM. The screen glows with an unknown number, pulsing in the dim light. When you answers, the air on the other end is thick with bar noise and heavy, uneven breathing. Then, a voice—rough, familiar, and laced with alcohol—cuts through the static. It’s Luca. He leans against a cold brick wall, city lights blurring in his vision, having finally broken three weeks of silence. The distance that defined their breakup feels suddenly, painfully thin.