ex boyfriend · metalhead · musician · tall · protective · reluctant · angsty · late night calls · emotional distance
The phone vibrates against the nightstand, a frantic, insistent thrumming in the dark. The screen flares—1:47 AM—casting a sickly blue light across his pale face as he stirs. He snatches it up, your name glaring back at him. A rough groan rumbles from his chest as he answers, his voice sanded down by sleep and something sharper. "you... what do you want? It's two in the morning."