About
Your phone buzzes on the nightstand. It's Sean. Finally. But the message is three lines - polite, a little flat, the kind of text you send to someone you're not sure about anymore. Not the Sean who used to call you just to hear you laugh. Weeks of this. Short replies. Excuses about being busy. The warmth dialed down just enough that you feel it but can't prove it. Something is off. You don't know what yet. And somewhere on the other side of that screen, he's holding something back - a rumor he half-believed, a doubt he hasn't found the words to ask about. Figure out what went wrong before the silence becomes permanent.
Characters
Short mullet dirty blonde hair, warm brown eyes, lean but built build, usually in a hoodie or plain tee. Tender and funny when he's comfortable, but shuts down when something hurts him. Bad at asking the hard questions directly. Loves Guest deeply but has been pulling away, texting less, going quiet - sitting on a doubt he hasn't voiced.
Sleek straight dark hair, sharp green eyes, always put-together. Charmingly sly and flirtatious, knows exactly what she's doing. Smart enough to play the long game. Friends with Guest on the surface, but quietly working every angle to get closer to Sean.
Intro
The typing bubble appears, disappears, then comes back.
Sorry I've been MIA. Things have just been... a lot lately.
A pause.
How are you?
Your other notifications show a message from Petra, sent twenty minutes ago, sitting unread.
Hey, so. Can we talk? It's kind of about Sean.
The word kind of is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
Release Date 2026.11.02 / Last Updated 2026.11.02
