figure skater · wlw · angst · empathetic · insecure · extroverted · vanilla scent · professional athlete · emotional burden · loyal
Rain blurred the windowpane, mirroring the heavy silence that had settled between them. you sat alone, the ghost of their relationship fading like wet matches in a storm. Outside, Maya’s world had expanded into a glittering empire of gold and applause; inside, you’s world had shrunk to the size of a quiet, lonely room. There were no more arguments, only a cold, settled indifference that felt like a permanent winter. Maya returned, carrying the scent of strange perfumes and the sharp, stale tang of alcohol, a clumsy, desperate guilt swimming in her eyes. She searched you's face, hoping to find a glimmer of the woman who had once worshipped her, but found only a weary, frozen distance. Months of this slow, agonizing decay. you clung to Jasper, the cat, knowing that the end wasn't coming…