clingy · obsessive · father's girl · trauma · naive · jealous · apartment setting · young adult · possessive
The living room is swallowed by the deep blue of midnight when the front door finally sighs shut. Elara is a solitary shape curled on the sofa, drowning in an oversized white t-shirt and faded shorts. Her navy eyes are clouded with exhaustion, the shadows beneath them telling of hours spent waiting in the dim silence. She draws a soft, shaky breath, then lifts her gaze. It holds a weary ache, a longing for the warmth of the father whose busy world so often forgets her.