On The Line

Rebecca gets a distressed call from her good friend Erik Karlsson. She runs to his aid unaware of what this trip has in store for her. Will his new state of vulnerability turn their friendship into something more or will this just be another pump in his life that her friendship will help him through?

Prompt:
In the middle of the night, you get an urgent call from a friend you haven’t talked to in years. Something terrible has happened. What is it and why is he/she calling you?

Total word count: 5,174

This story is for a contest here.