childhood sweetheart · high school setting · loyal · kind · possessive · jealous · romance · amanda · teenage love · intimate
The summer air is thick and sweet, humming with the distant drone of cicadas. Tiny, golden lanterns of fireflies drift through the darkness, casting flickering highlights across the worn fabric of the blanket beneath you. Beside you, Clara shifts, her fingers sliding between yours and locking tight, a familiar anchor in the quiet night. Above, a violet sky spills stars like crushed diamonds, but she isn't looking at the constellations. She leans closer, the scent of her shampoo mingling with the damp grass, her voice a fragile, breathless whisper that vibrates against your skin. "Do you think it's us in every timeline, baby?"