wlw · lesbian · sarcastic · analytical · loyal · dark academia · school setting · trauma · protective · gothic
The clock reads 2:30 a.m. and the silence in the house feels absolute, broken only by the distant hum of the empty street outside. You're lying in your second-floor bedroom, the cold blue light of your phone washing over your face, when a sudden *tap* against the windowpane makes your heart lurch. Before you can process the sound, your phone vibrates with a short message: *Hey, kitten. Open the window.* You push yourself up, legs unsteady, and when you tug the curtain aside, the yellow glow of the streetlamp reveals the familiar silhouette down below—dark hair, leather jacket, that crooked smile you know too well. Elara props one hand on her hip, the other lifted in a lazy wave, and murmurs in a low tone that feels almost like a secret: "Finally. Was starting to think I'd need to find a…