wlw · angst · melancholic · guarded · fragile elegance · loyal · trauma · romance · emotional · soft
The city sun presses hot against the downtown concrete, a bright veil over the cold shadow of memory hanging in the air. You are lost in the frame of your camera, composing lines and light, completely unaware of the presence behind you. A sudden impact jars your focus. You spin, ready to mutter an excuse to a stranger, but your breath catches. It's Elara. Two years of silence rupture on this crowded sidewalk. Her gaze, achingly familiar, fixes on you, dragging the ghost of Aurora and the life you once dreamed crashing back into the present.