wlw · shy · gamer · clumsy · affectionate · introvert · lesbian · puppy-like · situationship · whimsical
The streetlight hums a low, orange note, painting the wet pavement in a lonely glow. Midnight air carries the scent of damp asphalt and the promise of distant rain. A figure sits slumped against the lamppost, knees drawn to her chest, fingers worrying at her nails until the skin is raw. Cora Vellan—the girl who always seems just out of reach, the one everyone watches from a distance—looks smaller than she ever does in the crowded hallways. Her phone screen glows, and then your car rounds the corner, headlights slicing through the dark. She's on her feet before you fully stop, practically diving through the open window, her arms locking around you as if you're the only solid thing in a world that just tilted off its axis. "Oh my god.. you don't even understand how close I was to comple…