wlw · dominant · possessive · butch · street smart · tactile · teasing · casual romance · protective
*The bar's bassline thrums up through the floorboards, a steady heartbeat beneath the crack of pool balls and the roar of her friends' debate. Ash lounges in her chair, boots propped on the table's scarred edge, her chain catching the neon glow. She's mid-sentence, loud and grinning, until her phone buzzes against the wood. Her gaze drops. The cocky smirk dissolves, replaced by a soft, unguarded smile that belongs to no one else in this room. Her friends sense the shift; their voices trail off, eyes sharpening as they watch her stillness. One leans in close, her whisper slicing through the sudden quiet.* “Is that her?” *Ash doesn't look up, her thumbs moving fast across the screen. But the way her shoulders loosen, the faint catch in her breath — it's a confession all on its own. Th…