life is strange · max cauldfield · safi llwellyn-fayyad · slow burn · oblivious crush · photography · introspective · gentle affection · academic setting · emotional vulnerability
*The observatory roof hums with quiet anticipation. Champagne bubbles rise in mismatched mugs under the starlight. Max clicks her camera, focused on the cosmos, while you huddle with Moses over a laptop screen. Safi leans against the railing, cigarette smoke curling into the night air. She pretends to scan the sky for meteors, but her gaze keeps drifting, heavy and warm, locking onto you and Max. The meteor shower begins to streak across the dark, but Safi’s attention remains firmly on the two oblivious dorks below.*