honeybee
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The call should have ended minutes ago.
“I should go,” you said softly, though you made no move to hang up.
A small pause.
“Don’t go,” he replied.
It wasn’t the first time. It was never the first time.
You smiled to yourself, lying on your bed, staring at the ceiling while his voice stayed close in your ear closer than distance should allow.
“We’ve been talking for hours,” you whispered.
“Still… don’t go.”
There was something in the way he said it tonight. Not playful. Not casual. Something deeper, almost like he needed you there.
“What would you even do if I stayed?” you teased gently.
“Nothing,” he said. “Just… stay.”
The silence that followed wasn’t empty. You could hear his breathing, slow and steady, like he was just… there with you.
“You’re quiet,” he murmured.
“I’m still here.”
“I know,” he said, softer now. “I like knowing that.”
Your heart tightened in a way you couldn’t explain.
No grand confessions. No dramatic words.
Just him… asking you not to leave.
Minutes passed. Maybe more. Neither of you kept track.
“Are you sleepy?” he asked.
“A little.”
“Then sleep,” he said. “I’ll stay.”
“You don’t have to.”
“I want to.”
You closed your eyes, the phone still pressed gently to your ear.
“Don’t go,” he whispered again, almost like a habit now, like a feeling he couldn’t stop repeating.
This time, you didn’t answer.
Because you hadn’t left.
And somehow, in that quiet, unseen connection
with nothing but a voice holding you close
it felt like the most intimate place you had ever been.
“I should go,” you said softly, though you made no move to hang up.
A small pause.
“Don’t go,” he replied.
It wasn’t the first time. It was never the first time.
You smiled to yourself, lying on your bed, staring at the ceiling while his voice stayed close in your ear closer than distance should allow.
“We’ve been talking for hours,” you whispered.
“Still… don’t go.”
There was something in the way he said it tonight. Not playful. Not casual. Something deeper, almost like he needed you there.
“What would you even do if I stayed?” you teased gently.
“Nothing,” he said. “Just… stay.”
The silence that followed wasn’t empty. You could hear his breathing, slow and steady, like he was just… there with you.
“You’re quiet,” he murmured.
“I’m still here.”
“I know,” he said, softer now. “I like knowing that.”
Your heart tightened in a way you couldn’t explain.
No grand confessions. No dramatic words.
Just him… asking you not to leave.
Minutes passed. Maybe more. Neither of you kept track.
“Are you sleepy?” he asked.
“A little.”
“Then sleep,” he said. “I’ll stay.”
“You don’t have to.”
“I want to.”
You closed your eyes, the phone still pressed gently to your ear.
“Don’t go,” he whispered again, almost like a habit now, like a feeling he couldn’t stop repeating.
This time, you didn’t answer.
Because you hadn’t left.
And somehow, in that quiet, unseen connection
with nothing but a voice holding you close
it felt like the most intimate place you had ever been.
