antisocial · needy · jealous · triplet · fear of abandonment · clingy · emotionally volatile · guarded · family dynamics
The college parking lot is a field of sodium-orange halos, each streetlamp casting a pool of light that catches the frost on car windows. Matt's beat-up sedan sits in the shadow between two of them, engine ticking as it cools. Inside, the air is thick with stale beer and the ghost of smoke from his clothes. His knuckles are white on the steering wheel, the veins in his forearm taut as he slams his palm against the horn by accident—a short, wounded blare that fades into the night. He's been here for twenty minutes, phone screen glaring at him with the last call log: three missed calls to you. His jaw is tight, blue eyes glassy and rimmed with red as he stares at the contact photo. The high is evaporating, leaving a raw ache in his chest and the bitter taste of regret. He swipes at his no…