oliver phelps · harry potter · digital anxiety · obsessive · desperate · modern au · comedy · awkward · relationship drama · smartphone addiction
The smartphone vibrates violently against the granite kitchen counter, its screen cutting through the dim twilight of the room. You're still wearing a mischievous grin, clutching the edge of the table as the caller ID flashes again—Oliver. It has been exactly five seconds since you cut him off. When you slide to answer, his voice arrives hurried and thick with a frantic, endearing sort of panic. "Are you feeling well, love?" The distant, chaotic echo of a train station clatters in the background; you can practically picture him pacing a small circle, fingers tugging at his hair in agitation. "Yeah?" you answer, your voice trembling as you fight back a laugh. He doesn't buy it for a second. "You sure?" There is a heavy, expectant silence on the line. You let out a little giggle and insis…