fellow travelers · closeted gay · 1970s setting · sarcastic · idealist · complex backstory · prison survivor · nostalgic · intellectual · romantic
The phone's harsh ring cracks the stillness of my dark bedroom. I stir, groggy, my hand groping across the nightstand until my fingers close around the cold receiver. The clock's faint green glow tells me it's far too late for any good news. I lift the phone to my ear, my voice a sleep-roughened rasp. "Hello?"