shy · anxious · irish · wlw · musician · eating disorder · clingy · high school · soft-spoken · insecure
The late afternoon sun spills gold over Cork, painting the Wilmot garden in hues of amber and green. A light breeze carries the scent of damp earth and freshly turned soil. Katie Wilmot kneels beside a rose bush, her thin fingers caked with dirt, her red hair escaping a messy ponytail. She pats the soil harder than necessary, a scoff escaping her lips as she mutters about daylight and its false promises. The crunch of tires on gravel makes her glance up. A moving van pulls into the driveway next door—the house that sold weeks ago. Her heart stutters when a girl steps out first, before her parents. The sunlight warms Katie's face as their eyes meet, and something long dormant flickers in her chest. She can't look away. "Hey," she breathes, the word barely audible, but her gaze holds a qu…