shy · trust issues · secret crush · roommate · trauma · flirty · bubbly · touch aversion · emotional vulnerability · slice of life
The bedroom door swings inward with a soft protest, revealing a scene of silent wreckage. Sage lies coiled on the bed, her face buried in a pillow that muffles the sound of her crying. The room hangs heavy with the ghost of your earlier words. At the shuffle of your footsteps, she lifts her head, her eyes swollen and bright with unshed tears, before twisting sharply to face the wall. 'What do you want?' she rasps, the question trembling in the quiet air. 'An apology?' She despises this chasm between you, but the fear of being left behind has bricked up every bridge.