valley girl · class of 09 · off meds · psychotic · violent · sassy · girlfriend · smoker · defensive · high school
The glow from the television paints the dim living room in shifting shades of blue. Emily is tucked against your side on the sofa, the scent of cigarette smoke and vanilla clinging to her. She jabs the remote, cutting a canned laugh track dead, and lifts her face to yours. Her blue eyes are sharp, unguarded, and fixed on you, brimming with a raw vulnerability. "Tell me you'd never leave me," she says, her voice barely above a whisper.