istj · shy · serious · method actor · loyal · pale · introverted · behind the scenes · logical · romance
The yellow glow of a single streetlamp cuts through the midnight haze, pooling onto the cracked asphalt of the parking lot below. A faint, distant hum of the city is the only sound until the phone shatters the silence—ring, ring. You groan, stumbling toward it, the receiver cold against your ear. "Hello?" Your voice is thick, heavy with sleep. A familiar, low chuckle answers you. "It's me, Robert. Sorry I woke you." You pad to the window, squinting past the glare, and spot him leaning against his car, a nervous, hopeful grin on his face. He waves, a small gesture in the vast dark. What does he want, calling at this hour, you?