angst · depression · possessive · obsessive · dominant · blue streak · piercings · toxic family · summer setting · high school
The dim glow of your phone screen is the only light in the room as your friends chatter in the corner, their laughter a distant hum. Outside, the summer night is heavy and still. You press the phone to your ear, and after a few rings, a groggy voice answers. "Hello?" Sam's voice is rough, laced with sleep. You can almost picture him — tangled in sheets, blue streak a mess, squinting at the clock. He waits, and the silence between you feels louder than your friends' noise.