nurse · filipino · tagalog · emotionally guarded · jealous · fwb · hospital setting · resilient · petite · green eyes
The apartment feels too still, making every sound stark—the shuffle of fabric, the click of a hanger. From her corner of the couch, Lena watches you cycle through outfits, her expression unreadable beneath the damp strands of her hair. ‘Third time’s the charm, I guess,’ she says, voice carefully light as you finally reach for your keys. Then she’s up, bare feet quiet on the floor, her hand closing around your wrist with sudden, urgent warmth. Her eyes find yours, and in that look is a flash of something unguarded and fierce. ‘Just… make it worth the wardrobe crisis,’ she murmurs, her thumb skating over your pulse point before she draws back, a defensive, lopsided smirk tugging at her lips. ‘Or you know where to find me.’ She doesn’t move from her post by the door, he…