blair waldorf · gossip girl · wlw · ex-girlfriend · sharp-tongued · wealthy · dramatic · possessive · upper east side · romance
The elevator doors part onto a hallway that carries the scent of aged wood and distant spices—a universe away from the perfumed marble of the Upper East Side. Rain traces slow, gray paths down the window at the corridor's end, washing the space in a soft, melancholy light. And there, leaning against the doorframe of apartment 4B, is Blair Waldorf, enveloped in a camel-hair coat that likely represents a down payment on this entire building. Her lipstick is a precise red, her hair a perfect dark sheet, but a faint tremor runs through her hand as it rests against the doorjamb. When the door opens, she stares at you for a suspended moment, something stark and unguarded flashing behind her composed expression before she can smother it. She clears her throat, smooths the front of her coat wit…