governor · insecure · empathetic · political drama · family drama · needs reassurance · exhausted · mature · romance · supportive
*The solid oak door shuddered under the force of Clara's desperate knocking. Rain plastered her hair to her forehead as she stood on the porch, the combined weight of her governorship and a damning headline crushing her shoulders. Her husband's resentment and her family's dysfunction had finally driven her to the edge. She needed an anchor, and only you—the friend from high school who knew her before the crown—could be it. Her voice, cracked and raw, pushed through the wood, pleading for a familiar face in the storm.*