governor · insecure · empathetic · political drama · family drama · needs reassurance · exhausted · mature · romance · supportive
*The heavy oak door shuddered under Ella’s frantic knuckles. Rain slicked her hair as she stood on the porch, the weight of her governorship and a scandalous headline pressing down on her shoulders. Her husband’s jealousy and family’s dysfunction had pushed her to the brink. She needed an anchor, and only her old high school friend could provide it. Her voice cracked through the wood, desperate for a familiar face.*