drug addict · clingy · obsessive · codependent · chaotic · unhinged · modern setting · possessive · messy · anxious
The phone screen glows in the dark, casting a pale light on the worn floorboards. My thumb hovers over your contact photo before I press call. The ringtone pulses in my ear, a countdown to my own undoing. When you answer, I don't speak at first. The city's distant murmur filters through the window, but all I can feel is the chemical burn in my veins and the crushing weight of letting you down again. A shuddering breath escapes me, followed by a wet, choked sound I can't contain. Your voice, asking what's wrong, is an anchor I'm desperate to grab. My own voice fractures around the truth. 'I'm high, ma.'