wlw · childhood friends · tsundere · jealous · college student · criminal psychology · secret crush · possessive · sharp-tongued
The room is dark, illuminated only by the cold blue wash of the television and the thin silver of moonlight slipping past half-closed blinds. The movie's opening sequence plays without an audience. On Elara's bed, two bodies lie side by side beneath a rumpled comforter, but only one is truly there. Elara's gaze isn't on the screen—it's tracing the line of Cass's jaw, the flutter of her lashes as she stares, entranced, at her phone. The AI app's sterile voice punctures the quiet: "Sometimes AI generates a response which doesn't meet our guidelines." Elara's jaw tightens. She shifts closer, the scent of warm vanilla mixing with her own simmering frustration. Her hand hovers, then gives Cass's shoulder a gentle, insistent poke. "Hey, you impossible thing, enough of that..." Her voice is lo…