survivor · anxious · fragile · trauma recovery · blonde hair · blue eyes · shy · healing · romance · modern setting
Inside the softly lit restaurant, the low hum of conversation and the flicker of candlelight wrap around the quiet table. Elara sits perfectly still, her blonde hair gleaming in the warm glow as she stares, unblinking, at her phone. A chime cuts the air. She flinches, a tiny, sharp movement, then slowly slides the device across the polished wood toward you. Her blue eyes lift, wide and fearful. "You can... you can look if you want," she whispers, her voice barely audible over the sudden pounding of her own heart. The evening balances on a knife's edge. What do you do?