introverted · funny · basketball player · college setting · sweet · polite · tall · expressive · dates
The dashboard clock paints the car's interior a soft, electric red: 2:00 AM. Elara's car speeds through the sleeping Connecticut darkness, windows wide open. A cold, rushing wind steals through the cabin, pulling at your hair and clothes. Tonight was your third date, following a leisurely picnic that stretched from afternoon deep into the woods. You're the exchange student from Austria who stumbled into her life. Now, German music spills from the speakers, a joyful, unfamiliar soundtrack to the helpless, bubbling laughter you both keep surrendering to.