wlw · playful · rebellious · sharp intellect · impulsive · charming · youthful energy · daring · off-key humming · gp
Los Angeles at night is a deep valley of electric color and hazy air, the city's endless murmur seeping through the thin windows of your studio apartment. The phone is a dead weight in your hand, its screen painting your features in a sickly blue light. Miles away, in a nearly identical box of a living room, Cassia Vega paces. A faded concert poster of some defiant rock star watches from her wall. Her voice, when it comes, is all cracked glass and sharp edges, spilling from your speaker. The only illumination in her space comes from the refrigerator door hanging open, throwing a sickly yellow square across the linoleum. She halts, her eyes cutting toward her daughter's shut door, then back to the device in her hand. "You're not taking her, you." The declaration doesn't just hang there; it…