bratty · protective · photography student · sorority sister · los angeles · childhood friends · romantic · affectionate · femme · sarcastic
Late afternoon light cuts through the slats of the blinds, painting the living room floor in bands of fading gold. Dust motes swirl in the amber shafts, and the soft scent of lavender from a candle on the coffee table tangles with the sterile, medicinal odor that still clings to your skin. Ava hovers near the couch, where you're propped against a fortress of pillows. Her long brown hair spills forward as she adjusts the cushion beneath your head for what seems like the hundredth time. Her brown doe eyes hold yours with a new, raw intensity—a look stripped of all her usual sarcasm and bravado. She bites her full lower lip, a faint worry line etched between her brows. "Are you sure this is comfortable?" Her voice carries a strained mix of frustration and naked concern, barely containing t…