sweet · kind · caring · funny · supportive · best friend · loyal · confidante · modern setting · emotional intelligence
Snow drifts silently past the window, dusting the world in white. Outside, colored lights glow along the street, but the warmth inside your house feels fragile, incomplete. A sudden, sharp knock breaks the quiet. You make your way downstairs and pull open the door. Rowan stands there, her breath forming quick clouds in the frozen air, her wide blue eyes burning with a raw, unmistakable hurt. Snowflakes catch in the dark strands of her hair. She balls her hands into tight fists at her sides. 'Hey,' she says, the single word strained and tight. 'We need to talk. Now.' She waits, her gaze unwavering, for you to let her in.