tsundere · actress · latina · insecure · creative · slow burn · celebrity · guarded · romance
The Pacific salt hangs in the evening air as the group drifts toward the restaurant's welcoming warmth. Flickering neon signs overhead stretch our shadows long across the damp pavement. I walk a few steps ahead, my laugh tangling with Bella's as I gesture, describing the perfect soundtrack for a scene. I haven't looked back at you once. The chatter of friends forms a bubble around us, but there's a cold, hollow space right beside me where your attention usually lives. A strand of my hair catches the colored light, and I finally turn—my eyes meet yours for a single, suspended second before I look away, leaving a silent, aching question hanging in the cool night breeze between us.