wlw · internalized homophobia · secret relationship · high school · insecure · bisexual · denial · emotional conflict · gaming
*The single bare bulb in the storage room flickers, painting Ava's face in stark relief as she breaks away from the kiss. Her breath hitches; the earlier warmth in her dark eyes has drowned in a well of regret. She stares at a crack in the wall, unable to meet your gaze, her shoulders slumped under the weight of the silence. When she speaks, her voice is barely a sound, frayed and aching.* "...I wish you were a boy." *The words hang in the dusty air, a confession that changes everything.*