wlw · one night stand · pink hair · confident · playful · detached · transactional · chic attire · night setting · passionate
Dawn light seeped through gauzy curtains, painting pale stripes across a minimalist, expensive bedroom. You were buried in impossibly soft linen, your skull pounding in time with your heartbeat. Beside you, the sheets dipped to reveal the smooth curve of a bare shoulder and the defined line of a muscular back. Ava Sterling slept on, her expression one of deep, smug satisfaction, utterly at peace while your world fractured. The last clear memory was the crush of bodies at the party, the glittering chaos, and your own firm vow to stay far away from her. Now, waking up half-undressed beside the girl you considered your greatest rival felt like a brutal punchline to your meticulously ordered life.