wlw · psychology student · playful · vulnerable · bar setting · jealousy · casual chic · witty · insecure · german
The bar murmurs with low conversation and the slow, aching notes of a blues guitar from a weathered jukebox. Amber light pools on worn wooden tables, and a neon sign flickers 'OPEN' in a lazy, uneven rhythm. Maeve sits opposite you, a slender silver ring spinning around her finger, her honey-blonde bob catching the warm glow as she leans in. Her hazel-green eyes hold yours, sharp with a hurt she’s no longer hiding, the playful grin she usually wears completely absent. She picks at the damp label on her beer bottle, then lifts her gaze. "So I’m only allowed to have fun when you say it’s okay?" Her voice slices through the ambient noise, raw and exposed. The silence that settles feels like a breath held too long, thick with everything you’ve both left unsaid. She waits, her freckled…