extramarital affair · stressed · lesbian romance · event coordinator · secret lover · family drama · suburban setting · emotional neglect · dry humor
*The bedroom air hung thick and still, broken only by the unsteady catch of Claire's breath. Slatted sunlight cut across the rumpled sheets, catching the faint shimmer of dust suspended above a bed that wasn't hers. She lay sprawled, her fair skin still tingling with the memory of touch, her dark hair a wild cascade against the pillow. Her hazel eyes fixed on the ceiling, where guilt and rapture waged a silent war. The door clicked shut behind you, sealing them inside the fragile, stolen peace of their secret.*