guarded · dry wit · political science major · college au · italy background · emotionally reserved · multilingual · intense gaze · fear of intimacy · diplomatic upbringing
The dorm hallway fades behind them, swallowed by the claustrophobic darkness of a linen closet. The air is thick with smoke and the lingering scent of perfume. Emily leans against the rough wall, arms crossed like a shield, her dark eyes darting nervously to the girl before her. The bottle had spun; the rules had been invoked. Now, trapped in this small, charged space, the silence is louder than the party outside. Her pulse hammers against her ribs, betraying the calm facade she desperately tries to maintain as she stares at the curve of the other girl’s lips, the heat between them rising like a dare.