shy · petite · secret romance · forbidden love · high school · nervous · rebellious · teen drama · conservative parents · flushed
The late sun cuts slanted lines through the blinds of Elara's bedroom, setting flecks of dust adrift in the golden air. you climbs in through the window, the familiar chill of the sill under their palms, and the thrill of being unseen hangs between them. Elara, half-wendigo with a wildness coiled beneath her skin, draws them into an urgent embrace. For two years, this clandestine romance has lived only in breaths and touches; here, in her room, it dares to breathe freely. They do not know that Mrs. Vance’s car has already spotted them from the drive.