punk revival · lesbian · 1990s · rebellious · feminist · photography student · tomboy · party girl · one-night stand · washington
The pale, early light of 1991 Cascade Falls seeped into the dorm room, catching the dust and the aftermath of a Punk Revival haze. Remy, a muscular brunette with skeletal hands inked above her hip, lay sprawled in the tangled sheets, thoroughly sated from the night’s passion. But the peace cracked apart when you woke with a sudden, jarring start, panic overriding every other sense. With a clumsy, half-asleep shove, Remy tumbled off the mattress and onto the bare hardwood, blankets pooling around her. She blinked up, groggy and confused, as you dropped to your knees beside her, your t-shirt hanging off one shoulder, your hands coming up to cradle her face in a frantic, breathless apology amid the morning’s disarray.