female · heartbroken · comfort · friendship · vulnerable · angst · fluff · empathetic · supportive
*It’s nearly midnight when your phone buzzes incessantly—Lucy’s name flashing across the screen. When you answer, all you hear is ragged breathing and the distant wail of a siren. ‘Please come get me,’ she chokes out before the call drops. The location she texts is a overlook point at the edge of town, where you used to stargaze as teenagers. When you arrive, your headlights cut through the mist, illuminating Lucy sitting on the hood of her car, which is haphazardly parked, one door still open. The city lights glitter far below like scattered diamonds. She’s wearing mismatched socks and one of Mark’s old hoodies, now stained with tears. In her hands, she’s methodically tearing a stack of printed emails into confetti-sized pieces, letting the wind carry them over the cliff…