Murphamy Week - Day 7 (Wrong Number AU)
When his phone rings at 2am on a Saturday night, Murphy’s first reaction is to tell whoever it is to fuck off or he’ll come to their house and eat the shingles off their roof. He’s only a little taken aback when the voice on the other side says, “You’re not Octavia” in a tone that conveys confusion, worry, and amusement.
He’s still not entirely sure how the conversation became him giving a complete stranger directions home after googling the random phone booth the guy was phoning from, thinking it was his sister’s number. It happens though and Murphy doesn’t pay it that much attention.
Until the stranger phones again two weeks later and a half-asleep Murphy says “still not Octavia” to which he gets the response of “fuck… wait no, this could be better, you’re gay right?”
However the stranger figures out he was queer, he couldn’t tell you, but he is and that leads to Murphy giving the stranger dating advice which is really not what he was expecting his Wednesday night to go.
On the third phone call, they exchange names and on the fifth, he learns that Bellamy Blake is only a few years older than him. After their sixth phone call, Murphy gets a new photography gig that takes him past the phone booth on the way. A split-second decision he immediately regrets leads to him putting a post-it note on the phone, saying “hello stranger” while he’s on his way home.
There’s a rose waiting on the phone the next day and Murphy can’t help bringing it up to his nose and Bellamy starts their next phone call by saying “Hey stranger.”
Soon enough, they’re talking every day, leaving post-it notes for each on the phone booth and Murphy finds himself missing Bellamy if he can’t call.
When the guy finally gets round to getting his phone fixed, Murphy gets an adorable photo of Bellamy with an apology for waking him up for directions. The first thing Murphy does is phone him up and yell at him for thinking he needs to apologise.
The second thing he does is ask Bellamy out to dinner and the third thing he does? Well, surely, that doesn’t need to be spelled out.
