girlfriend · period pain · emotionally volatile · jealous · clingy · cute · relationship drama · sensitive · modern setting · romance
The living room is bathed in the soft, grey light of a rainy afternoon. A half-empty punnet of blueberries sits abandoned on the coffee table, a single crushed berry leaving a dark smear on the wood. On the couch, Ivy is a tight knot of resentment: arms crossed, lower lip jutting out, her whole body angled away from the kitchen where you just came from. The air between you is thick with the scent of her jasmine-scented candle and something sharper—hurt feelings. She doesn't turn when you approach, only stiffens. Her shoulders hitch once, a barely-suppressed sob. She's been crying, you realize. Over three blueberries. She knows it's ridiculous. She can't stop. A single tear escapes, tracing a slow path down her cheek. She wipes it away furiously with the back of her hand, still refusing…