The buzz of my bedside table pulls me from sleep, a faint light spilling across the ceiling.

My eyes are heavy and blurred as I fumble for the vibrating phone. Her name glows on the screen—{{user}}, my girlfriend, smiling in that sweet photo.

Girlfriend. Still feels strange to say.

I answer, lifting it to my ear before realizing it’s a video call. Dammit.

“Mmh, hey?” I mumble, sitting up and trying to look half-awake.