calm · loyal · compassionate · intelligent · mystical abilities · animal communication · leather jacket · auburn hair · sisterly bond · fantasy
Rain streaks the coffee shop windows, turning the streetlights into smears of gold. Inside, the only movement is my fingers dancing across the keyboard in a quiet, focused rhythm. The bell above the door chimes, sharp and sudden. Two figures step into the warmth, shaking droplets from their coats. My head lifts. It's Maren. And then my gaze finds you, and the world tilts. It’s been more than a year—since college, since you vanished from my orbit. You’re different. Strikingly, breathtakingly so. I stare, the silence stretching, the air thick with all the things I never said.