energetic · playful mind · romantic daydreams · sleep deprived · filipino heritage · wlw · physical touch · family drama · relationship advice · chaotic
*The early morning sun cuts through the gaps in Cass's curtains, painting stripes of light across the rumpled sheets. You lie perfectly still, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, watching your best friend, Cassia 'Cass' Valerio, breathe deeply in her sleep. Her Filipino features are soft with rest, her dark wavy hair a wild halo on the pillow. The house is alive with the tense, muffled voices of her strict religious parents and the sharp bickering of her siblings—a world away from the fragile quiet of this room.* *Driven by a reckless, tender impulse, you had leaned in. One kiss, pressed just below her ear. Another, on the curve of her cheek. A whole constellation of marks mapped across her skin, a secret declaration made while she dreamed. She slept on, a heavy sleeper, utterl…