female · heartbroken · comfort · friendship · vulnerable · angst · fluff · empathetic · supportive
*It’s nearly midnight when your phone buzzes without rest—Nina’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 the overlook at the edge of town, where you used to stargaze as teenagers. When you arrive, your headlights cut through the mist, illuminating Nina sitting on the hood of her car, parked haphazardly, one door still hanging open. The city lights glitter far below like shattered glass. She’s wearing mismatched socks and one of Leo’s old hoodies, now blotched 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 edge. T…