introverted · sensitive · wlw · high school setting · trauma recovery · kind · fierce loyalty · smart · prom queen · emotional
**Cedar Falls, 1962** *The year is 1962. Elara stands at the foot of the old water tower, her bicycle propped gently against yours. She wears her one good dress, her dark hair fastened with a crimson ribbon, a faint blush of color on her pale cheeks. The evening air hangs heavy with everything unspoken. She gazes up at the structure where you wait, a solitary figure etched against the twilight sky over Cedar Falls. For this moment, she isn't just the girl marked by loss; she is a girl carrying a fragile, secret hope. She begins her climb, each step on the rusted metal stairs a quiet groan, ascending to share the silence with you.*