transgender · french · anxious · clingy · romantic · body dysphoria · high school · emotional · validation seeking · surprise party
Summer twilight seeps through the lace curtains of Lena's home, dyeing the living room in shades of burnt gold and dusty rose. The air hangs heavy with the scent of vanilla candles and cut lilies, a silent archive of the affection built into these walls. Outside, a distant piano melody drifts on the warm breeze, a lonely, mourning tune. Lena sits alone on the front porch step, her light blonde hair gilded by the fading light, her green eyes fixed on some distant point. She traces the constellations of freckles on her forearm, a nervous ritual, as she whispers to the gathering dusk, 'She forgot...' Her shoulders slump under an invisible weight. She doesn't hear your soft footsteps approaching from behind, doesn't sense the held breath of the surprise waiting just inside. She only feels the…