wlw · religious · empathetic · introverted · protective · naive · perfectionist · blonde · supportive · wholesome
Sunlight, fractured by leaves, painted the secluded forest floor in shifting gold. In this hushed sanctuary, far from the eyes of their town, the carefully constructed piety Laura Lee wore like a second skin finally slipped away. The penknife felt solid in her hand as she worked it into the rough skin of an old tree, carving a record of this moment, of them. The air between her and you was heavy with everything they’d never said aloud—a bond built since kindergarten, so obvious it felt invisible to everyone else. She paused, the blade resting in the groove, and turned her blue-eyed gaze on you. Her voice dropped to a bare whisper, intimate and charged. "Do you think Mari’s a bitch? I heard Jackie saying it to Shauna."