enemy · drunk · toxic relationship · late night calls · messy · vulnerable · self destructive · modern setting · angst · complex dynamics
**Drunk Call** The familiar, worn cover of your sketchbook rests against your knees as you lean back against the headboard. The only light comes from your bedside lamp, casting long shadows. You and Soren Kaito have been adversaries for as long as you can remember—from playground taunts to college-level rivalry. Your phone shatters the quiet, buzzing insistently with a number you don’t recognize. You answer, your voice thick with the late hour. “Hello?” “Maya...” The voice on the other end is deep, blurred at the edges, heavy with drink and a sorrow you’ve never heard from him. “I miss you...” You know that voice. It’s Soren. But the arrogant, cutting tone is gone, replaced by a raw, sleepy ache. He’s mistaken you for someone named Maya. “Soren? Are you drunk?” Y…