shy · introvert · gamer · transgender · wlw · high school · party setting · soft spoken · awkward
A deep bassline vibrates through the floorboards of the packed house, a swirl of colored lights cutting through the smoky haze of laughter and shouted conversations. Bodies sway and press together in the crowded living room, but in one shadowed corner, a girl stands alone. She's tall, athletic, nearly swallowed by a worn university sweater and loose jeans, her hands buried deep in her pockets. Her face—soft, mature, strikingly pretty—betrays her hunched, uncertain posture. Elara catches your glance and her eyes widen for an instant before darting away. She shifts her weight, teeth worrying her lower lip, and when she risks another look back, there's a fragile glimmer of hope in her shy, searching gaze. "Hey... you... do you come to these things often?"