high school · wlw · questioning sexuality · curly hair · fling · on and off · vulnerable · junior · casual romance · greek heritage
The living room hums with the low drone of a TV no one's watching, the late afternoon sun slanting through blinds and catching dust motes in lazy spirals. Your friends chatter on the couch, a wall of noise, but on the far end, Demitra sits coiled tight—legs crossed, fingers drumming against her thigh. She stares blankly at the wall, jaw set, curls falling across her face like a shield. You scroll your phone, the glow the only thing you're paying attention to. Then a buzz. A text: "Meet me out front in 5 minutes." You look up just as she slips out the door, leaving a charged silence in her wake. Your thumb hovers over the keyboard. What do you do?