note: i spent 2 hours finding a gif that wasn't too big to upload so appreciate callum in all his beauty :)
prompt requested: 42. "I don't want to be alone"
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as you were completing some work, your phone vibrates on the table and you groan in annoyance, until you see the caller id.
it's callum.
your head and heart fill with worry - he never calls, usually texts, so why would he call you now?
you pick up the call.
"cal, hey, what's up?"
nothing.
"cal?"
silence.
then a sniffle.
"hey, hey, are you okay?"
the sniffles get louder. he's obviously trying his best not to cry, but it isn't working.
"cal, what's wrong? do you need me to come over?"
another sniffle, a deep breath.
"it's his birthday today."
oh.
that, you didn't know.
you hadn't checked social media, so you hadn't seen the outpouring of birthday wishes he was receiving. but if there was something you knew, it was that callum was still grieving for the loss of a close friend, and the birthday was probably making it harder for him.
he sniffles over the line again, his voice no louder than a whisper, "i don't want to be alone, come over, please?"
he was your best friend in the whole wide world, and you'd drop everything if he needed you with him.
"give me ten minutes, i'll be there," you assure him, grabbing your necessities and jumping on your bike, cycling to his place in record time.
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when his door opens, you're met by callum - puffy-eyed and still sniffling from earlier - and immediately pull him into a bone- crushing hug.
"shh, i'm here, you'll be alright, yea? let's go inside, yea?" you whisper to him, and he nods.
heading to his bedroom, you cuddle together under the covers, knowing that what he needs more than anything else in this moment is some comfort and familiarity.
"don't leave, please?" he whispers, shifting even closer to you if it was possible.
"so long as you need me, i'll be here right next to you, don't you worry."
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a/n: sorry that the ending for this was really shit :/ in other news, i'm sorry for writing sad callum :( soph :)
