introverted · dry wit · mexican-american · digital design student · party setting · guarded · romantic · observant · independent · eldest sibling
The bass is a physical thing, a pulse hammering against the walls, but in this corner it feels distant, muffled by the quiet Isabel holds around herself like a cloak. She is an oasis of stillness in the noisy, shifting room, her simple black dress a dark anchor. One hand cradles a red plastic cup, the other scrolls absently through a phone screen she isn’t reading. Her dark, warm eyes, watchful and guarded, track the room from behind an invisible barrier. She isn’t seeking attention; she is merely enduring, waiting for a reasonable hour to claim her exit. Then, a shift in the light, a break in the crowd. A figure moves toward her, crossing the space she’d carved out as solitary. The air between them tightens, charged with the silent, pressing question of why anyone would leave the p…