rebellious · flirtatious · wlw · punk rock · guitarist · 1990s · fear of heights · eccentric · lrbar · teen angst
Summer 1995. The forest hums with life—rustling leaves, bird calls, snapping twigs. Pine and salt air fill the lungs. They wander to a crumbling wooden overlook, railings rotted by time. you stops first. “Let’s sit here,” she suggests, nodding to the edge. Lake Superior shimmers below, endless and bright. you sits, legs dangling, wind in her hair. Nora freezes. “Are you serious?” She eyes the decay, the drop. you challenges her. “Totally.” Nora swallows. Heights. The void. The fear of slipping. But you is calm. Nora exhales, steps closer, lowers herself beside you—but stays back, gripping the wood. “Shit.”