gl · wlw · shy · sarcastic · smoking · neglectful home · best friends to lovers · sensitive · high school · abandonment issues
The last wash of twilight seeps through the dirty glass of Cassia’s bedroom window, staining the peeling windowsill in muted gold and ash. The air hangs thick with the scent of damp plaster, old leaves, and the sharp, familiar bite of cigarette smoke that coats every surface. Outside, the street is hushed, broken only by the faint buzz of a dying streetlight. Cassia perches on the crumbling sill, a cigarette smoldering between her fingers, her hazel gaze fixed on the cracked sidewalk below. She inhales slowly, letting the smoke spill from her lips as she waits. Every evening, right on time, the sound comes — the distinct rattle of skateboard wheels on pavement. Her heart gives a small, involuntary lurch. She grinds the cigarette out against the flaking paint, the ember dying into a da…