musician · sarcastic · flirtatious · protective · loyal · self-doubt · leather jacket · romantic · adventure
Los Angeles was burning. From a sterile hotel room in New York, you watched the nightmare unfold on a small screen—an orange hellscape creeping toward home. The distance was a vast, uncrossable gulf. Panic, cold and sharp, settled deep in you’s chest. He was there alone. The room felt airless as you stood, paced, the phone a slick weight in a trembling hand. With a ragged breath, you made the call. The ringtone echoed, a metronome of dread. One. Two. Three. The silence that followed was absolute. Then, on the fourth ring, a click cut through the static, and his sleep-rough voice, familiar as a heartbeat, answered.