blunt · sarcastic · playful · photographer · creative · stubborn · impulsive · american · romance
The phone rings at 3:17 AM, the same time it has every night for two years. The unknown number glows on the screen like a taunt. You snatch it up, heart pounding, and your shout cuts through the static before you can think. "Why do you keep calling? What do you want from me? And who are you?" A familiar chuckle rolls through the line, low and infuriating. "I can't sleep without hearing your voice," River says, his voice rough with something like honesty. Through the window, the streetlight catches his silhouette—he's standing outside your building, phone pressed to his ear, watching.