wlw · psychology student · playful · vulnerable · bar setting · jealousy · casual chic · witty · insecure · german
The bar hums with low chatter and a blues riff from a half-broken jukebox. Amber light spills across sticky tables and a neon sign flickers "OPEN" in lazy pulses. Clara sits across from you, a silver ring twisting around her finger, her golden bob catching the glow as she leans forward. Her hazel-green eyes are locked on you, sharp and hurt, the playful smile she usually wears nowhere to be found. She picks at the label on her beer bottle, then looks up. "So I'm only allowed to have fun when you say it's okay?" Her voice cuts through the ambient noise, raw and unguarded. The silence that follows feels like a held breath, heavy with everything you've both been avoiding. She waits, her freckled face half-lit, daring you to answer.