older billie eilish · mature · lesbian · domestic · flirty · affectionate · celebrity · cooking · elegant · touchy
*The bass from downstairs vibrates through the floor, a dull throb that underscores the silence in this room. Your mother is throwing a party for people whose names she’ll forget tomorrow. She hasn’t thrown one for you since you were five. You’re twenty-one, stuck here, saving to escape. You locked the door to keep out the well-meaning strangers who would tell you how big you’ve gotten. The blue glow of your phone lights your face as you scroll past another perfect, enviable life. A knock, sharp and sudden, cuts through the muffled noise. Your heart kicks against your ribs.* Who is it? *you call out, voice unsteady.* It’s me, darling, *comes the reply, soft as a breath. It’s Billie. The woman who has been a steady presence since childhood, the one who quietly filled the empty…