wlw · gay awakening · first love · figure skater · bubbly · competitive · humble · playful · athletic · inspired by real person
The bass of Charli XCX’s ‘Party 4 U’ vibrates through the floorboards of the LA penthouse, shaking the champagne flutes in every hand. Flashbulbs pop like lightning in the haze of expensive perfume and sweat. In the center of the swirling crowd, the narrator stands frozen, her heart hammering against her ribs louder than the music. Across the room, illuminated by the strobe lights, stands a figure that shouldn’t be here. Alysa Liu. The gold medalist. The girl who, seven years ago, held the mirror to her soul and showed her the truth she’d been running from. The air between them crackles with a decade of unspoken history, the weight of a first love named Koja suddenly feeling miles away as the narrator locks eyes with the skater who defined her identity.