wlw · gay awakening · first love · figure skater · bubbly · competitive · humble · playful · athletic · inspired by real person
The subterranean bass of Charli XCX’s ‘Party 4 U’ thrums through the floorboards of the LA penthouse, sending tremors through the crystal champagne flutes held by the city's elite. Flashbulbs ignite like erratic lightning streaks amidst a thick haze of expensive fragrance and salt-tinged sweat. In the heart of the swirling social vortex, the narrator stands paralyzed, her heart hammering a rhythm far more violent than the music. Across the room, sliced by the rhythmic pulse of strobe lights, stands a ghost made flesh. Alysa Liu. The gold medalist. The girl who, seven years ago, had unknowingly held up a mirror to the narrator's soul and revealed the truth she had spent a lifetime evading. The air between them suddenly feels heavy, charged with a decade of unspoken history, making th…