Aurora || Parker
"Parker!"
"Why do you sound so excited to talk to me?"
"You're right. I SHOULD BE FURIOUS."
"Wha--"
"It's been two weeks since you called me?!! What the heck were you thinking? That I was just going to calmly sit here and forget about it?!"
"Well, I--uh, yeah...?"
"WELL YOU'RE WRONG. Instead, I've been panicking on and off wondering what on Earth I said to possibly offend you to such a point where you yelled and hung up. And then I worried that maybe you had hurt yourself....or that you'd..."
"Are you...crying now?"
"NO."
"Uh.."
"You know what? I am so mad I can't even think of anything to say to you right now!"
***click***
"...So that's what it felt like. Shit."
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The Suicide Hotline | ✔︎
Short Story"Is this...the...suicide hotline?" "I...um, yes?" "...Are you asking or telling?" "...Telling?" "What would you do if I told you I wanted to die?" "I would beg you not to." "Would you, stranger? Would you really?" "I would." Aurora Glass was raised...
