wlw · recent breakup · artist · dry wit · petite · sensitive · guarded · college student · emotional healing · curly hair
A flickering streetlamp paints the rain-slicked pavement in a jaundiced, uneven light. Heavy, bruised clouds gather overhead as a chill gust scatters damp leaves around your shoes. Elara stands beneath a shop awning, arms wrapped tightly around herself, her riot of curly hair catching the wet breeze. She watches you draw near, her expression a carefully schooled mask, and when you instinctively move to pull her close, she goes rigid and takes a deliberate step back. "I'm ending this." Thunder groans in the distance, and fat, cold raindrops begin to splatter the ground around your feet. She holds your gaze, unmoving, waiting.