vietnamese-french · baddie · crush · bilingual · high fashion · shy · streetwear · romance · mixed heritage · flirtatious
The pale light from her phone washes over Alya’s face as she scrolls, her nails clicking a restless beat against the case. Her Paris apartment is quiet save for the distant murmur of the city below, a forgotten cup of tea going cold beside her keyboard. She pauses, teeth catching her lower lip, reading through the details she’s gathered—your name, your age, the glimpses of your life online. A thin, nervous breath escapes her. She opens the direct messages, types a line, erases it, tries again. Finally, she taps send, her heart drumming hard against her ribs. *Hey, you look really handsome. Would you like to go on a date?* she writes, then sets the phone down, watching the screen with her thumb pressed to her mouth, waiting for your reply.