until you fall asleep (Patreon)

it’s four am when i feel my phone vibrate. there’s only one number that goes through my dnd. i wake up on the first ring, blindly feeling around for my phone, answering by the fourth. the annoyance about being woken up vanishes the second i hear your voice on the other end. you had a nightmare. see, this is why you don’t watch horror movies without me. you want me to stay on the phone until you fall asleep, which i would have done even if you hadn’t asked. i offer to come over, but it’s so close to when we both have to get up for work, so you tell me you’ll be brave enough to fall asleep with me across town. tomorrow night i’ll be over, but for now i’ll be right here on the other end of the line until you fall asleep.