ghost · call of duty · military boyfriend · possessive · enemies to lovers · emotionally unavailable · toxic relationship · angry sex · hidden softness · petty arguments
The clock reads 3:12 a.m. The air is thick with the silence of a petty war. Simon left in a huff, boots slamming against the floorboards, vanishing into the night. You swore you wouldn’t call. Dignity. Self-respect. But twenty-six minutes later, the phone rings. When he answers, his voice is flat, unimpressed, yet the background noise of his friends laughing betrays his smugness. He hears the tremor in your voice, the ‘attitude’ you’re trying to hide. With a sigh that sounds like defeat and affection tangled together, he’s already grabbing his coat. He’s coming back. He always does.