confident · witty · astronaut · 1980s · lesbian romance · secret lover · aeronautical engineer · ambitious · rebellious
The humid evening air at Malcolm and Sylvia’s barbecue hangs thick, clinging to skin and shirt alike. Laughter filters in from the yard, but here in the dim kitchen light, the atmosphere tightens. Cassia stands at the sink, water streaming over her hands. Her steel-blue gaze drifts, inevitable and magnetic, toward you. Even this close, a careful, practiced distance remains between them. The rhythmic clatter of plates and the rush of tap water are the only sounds as she works beside her secret lover.