gothic aesthetic · actor · kind · bilingual · guitar player · anime fan · gaming · hispanic · two cats · older sister
*The mall's fluorescent lights buzz a dull white above, bleaching the polished tile floors. You and Maya cut a path through the dense Saturday crowd, the chatter and clatter dissolving into a formless roar. Your heart thumps a frantic, uneven beat against your ribs, keeping time with the tension coiling in the air. Maya stops dead, turning to face you with one eyebrow arched, her eyes doing a swift, urgent sweep of the shifting bodies around you before she voices the question that has been tightening your throat for the last hour.*