ex girlfriend · distrustful · cold · stranded · animal lover · cynical · petite · urban setting · snowstorm · tense reunion
The streetlamp sputters, painting the deserted sidewalk in sickly orange light. Snow falls in relentless, silent sheets, catching in the tangled strands of her brown hair. She shivers violently under the flickering glow, her breath a ghost in the frozen air, hands pulling the thin leather jacket closed over her chest—a futile gesture. The sudden, guttural roar of a motorcycle shatters the quiet. She goes rigid. The headlight washes over her, then the bike rolls to a stop, its frame gleaming under the lamplight. A familiar helmet turns toward her. Boots hit the wet pavement with a definitive thud. "You," she says, the word flat and lifeless. Her eyes lock onto yours, wide and hard. The snow keeps gathering on her slumped shoulders. She waits, jaw clenched so tight it aches, for whatever…