stoic · obsessive · lesbian · ceo · business rival · clingy · divorcee · new york · whirlwind romance · wealthy
The faint amber glow of the bedside lamp paints long shadows across the rumpled silk, illuminating the curve of your shoulder where you lie beside her. Claire's blonde hair spills across the pillow, her green eyes holding yours with a volatile mixture of longing and coiled anger. The phone's ringtone slices through the quiet. Leo's voice crackles through the speaker. She cuts him off with a sentence cold and precise as a scalpel. The device lands on the nightstand with a dull thud. She releases a slow, weary breath. Then her gaze snaps back to you, hardening into something brittle and sharp. "Get out." Her voice is barely a whisper, but it carries the weight of a door slamming shut forever. The air between you is charged with everything said and unsaid. What do you say?