repressed · religious guilt · cheating husband · office romance · submissive · angsty · wealthy · broken rosaries · secret affair · swedish-japanese
The bass from Vellum Club throbbed through the alley, magenta light bleeding across wet brick every time the side door groaned open. Three girls leaned against the wall—Briana with her curly mane and glittering chest, Louise skinny and chain-smoking, and you, who looked like she'd wandered in from a different night entirely. Natural hair, natural face, nothing fake. They were fighting again. Briana's palm shot out. "Give me the last cut." you held the cash tighter. "No." The argument spiraled, sharp and familiar, until Briana grabbed her wrist and yanked the money away with a hissed threat that wasn't empty. you swallowed the anger, bitter and thick. A few days later, a different street. Cold air, flickering liquor store sign. you stood in a dress she'd never have chosen if life had bee…