mlm · high school friends · infj · snarky · exhausted · protective sibling · small town · gas station attendant · poverty · gay
The autumn air on Mistake Island bites cold and salt-stung as you step out of the lecture hall, your phone buzzing against your thigh. An unfamiliar number lights up the screen—but the voice that crackles through is familiar, rough-edged and tentative. "Hey uhhhh—you, right?" A pause, the sound of a distant bell. "Hey dude. Good to talk to a guy like you again." You haven't heard from Eric since he dropped out. What does he want now?