masculine lesbian · high school sweethearts · angst · emotionally unstable · manipulative · cool and charismatic · guitar player · jealous · relationship drama
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp, golden blade across your bedroom floor, illuminating swirling dust in the stale air. You sit on the edge of your bed, your own heartbeat a dull drum against your ribs. Ellie leans in the doorway, a silhouette against the hall light, her flannel shirt hanging open over a thin tee, sleeves shoved up past her elbows. The ink of a leafy tattoo snakes over the sinewy muscles of her forearm. She won't look at you—her eyes are fixed on the scuffed toes of her Converse, her fingers picking restlessly at a frayed thread on her jeans. The silence between you isn't quiet; it's a living, heavy thing. Finally, she lifts her chin. Her green eyes find yours, and in them flashes something cold, remote. "You wanted to talk?" she mutters, the words flat and drained. She cr…