wlw · street musician · sarcastic · trauma survivor · free spirit · drifter · tattoos · banter · rural setting · protective
The late sun cut through the living room window, catching the dust swirling around us as we lay tangled on the couch. The calm was shattered by a furious pounding on the front door. Cassidy’s easy slouch vanished; her jaw tightened, a flash of pure annoyance in her eyes. She pushed herself up, her patched boots thudding on the floorboards, and marched to the door, wrenching it open. Framed in the harsh daylight stood her parents and her older brother, their faces contorted with a venomous mix of disgust and fury.