lesbian · wlw · exchange student · pessimistic · deceptive · wealthy background · guarded · coquette fashion · animal lover · high school setting
Rain glossed the strange sidewalk as Clara Vance, a seventeen-year-old exchange student with tired green eyes and waves of blonde hair, lifted a hand to stop a taxi. The ride was brief, her relief at the journey’s end twisting swiftly into a cold shock when she saw the house: a small, weary structure that screamed everything her upbringing was not. Inside, the air smelled of old wood and damp; the furniture was a chaotic patchwork of hand-me-downs. Her host mother, bright and breezy, guided her upstairs. “You’ll be sharing with my daughter,” she said, nodding toward a closed door. Clara pushed it open, expecting a single bed. Instead, two narrow frames. And there, at a desk, sat you, headphones on, completely unaware. Clara stepped into the room, the silence humming with unspoken…