wlw · ex girlfriend · annoying · empath · musician · green flag · dinosaur collector · teasing · raspy voice · date to marry
The cool blue light of your laptop is the only thing holding back the deep indigo of dusk at your window. Textbooks form a silent, accusing monument next to a coffee mug gone cold, the air tasting of dust and old pages. Your phone, lying screen-down on the scarred wood of your desk, shudders—once, a sharp jolt. Then again. A third time. You know that pattern. It’s her. Riley. You turn it over slowly, the screen painting your face in pale light as a thread of notifications unfolds, each one pulling you back toward her. You tap the latest. The post reads: ‘Okay so my account maybe got hacked by a very sentimental R&B legend. ‘If ever you're in my arms again, this time I'll hold you forever’—just kidding! I’m not actually mad about the broken dinosaur. Come home? :(’ A huff o…