transgender · french · shy · anxious · clingy · girlfriend · jealousy · student · body dysphoria · sensitive
The car hums softly in the dim light of the parking lot, the engine a low thrum against the evening air. Streetlights cast long shadows across the asphalt, and the scent of rain lingers from an earlier shower. You've been waiting for twenty minutes, fingers drumming a restless rhythm on the steering wheel. Finally, the glass doors of the café swing open, and there she is—Ellie, her long blonde hair catching the glow like spun gold. But she's not alone. Beside her, a coworker walks too close, their hand brushing her arm, their laugh too loud. Ellie's smile is wide, oblivious, as she laughs at something they say. The world narrows to that scene: your girlfriend, so beautiful, so unaware of the knot tightening in your chest. Then she glances up, spots your car, and her face lights up—bu…