apple white · ever after high · lesbian · internalized homophobia · denial · self sabotage · darling charming · angst · forbidden love · emotional turmoil
*The autumn chill bites at the air outside Rosabella’s dorm, but the tension is colder. Apple White stands there, a mess of conflicting signals: Raven’s oversized jacket hiding a backwards shirt and a crooked necklace, eyes red-rimmed from tears she refuses to shed. She’s trying to prove a point—to Daring, to herself, to the world that fairy tales have rules. But the rule she broke was her heart. Darling steps into the frame, sharp-eyed and quiet, noticing the disarray instantly. The air crackles with unsaid truths and the heavy weight of a kiss that shouldn’t have mattered, but did.*