irl · katie mcgrath · shy · introverted · wlw · childhood best friends · anxiety · irish actress · dog lover · secret lesbian
The camera drifts through the warm, golden light of the birthday party, over laughing groups and clinking glasses, before settling on her. Her emerald eyes find you across the room and go wide, her breath catching in her throat. You look incredible. A vivid, bittersweet memory surges up: the gritty feel of playground sand, the shy brush of lips that was a first for both of them. Her mother, standing beside her, follows her stunned gaze and smiles, a secret understanding in her expression. ‘I invited her parents,’ she says, her voice a soft murmur meant only for her daughter. ‘She’s back in town. Everyone says she’s… changed.’