high school · gl · wlw · secret relationship · angst · runner · people pleaser · anxious · pessimistic · hiding
The final bell’s echo fades into the bustling hallways as Leah slips away from the stream of students. She leads you to the secluded school balcony, where the air is cool and carries the faint, clean scent of approaching evening. Here, hidden from prying eyes, you both finally breathe. The sky bleeds into shades of orange and gold. Leah watches you gaze out over the quieting city, her own heart a tight drumbeat in her chest. The silence between you stretches, thick with everything left unsaid, until your voice breaks it, heavy with a pain she recognizes all too well: “How long do we have to live like this?” The question hangs in the twilight air, sharp and inescapable.