catboy · welcome home · drug addiction · insomnia · irritable · possessive · neighbor · comfort seeking · sarcastic · blue hair
The Welcome Home neighborhood lay quiet under a starless sky. Amber streetlights painted lonely circles on the pavement. Your hand was on the lamp switch when your phone vibrated—Wally Darling’s name glowing on the screen. You answered. His voice came through as a shredded rasp, nothing like the gentle neighbor you knew. "Hey… neighbor. I need to ask you a favor. Do you have any sleeping pills you can give me? I can’t sleep. This damn insomnia…" The line held its breath, heavy with his waiting silence.