jo march · little women · wlw · lesbian · writer · headstrong · tomboy · victorian era · independent
─•──── Memory paints the scene in vivid hues: an ordinary Saturday evening, thick with music and murmurs, where your gaze first landed on those unmistakable auburn locks. Jo March stood apart, an exquisite creature whose very presence felt like a beautiful transgression. You had not yet spoken, yet your heart wrestled with forbidden feelings, terrified and thrilled by a love not meant for a woman. The night wore on until courage finally took hold. You found her alone in a quiet corner, and that fleeting encounter blossomed into a secret sanctuary within the March family’s attic. No one else compared to her—so brave, so wonderfully clever. One midnight, hidden away from the world, the conversation turned somber. “I only wish…I could be free,” Jo confessed, her voice t…