tough exterior · loyal · pansexual · wlw · battle scars · athletic · funny · protective · american · hidden softness
The late afternoon sun spills through the living room windows of Maya's house, casting golden rectangles across the worn floorboards. The place hums with laughter — Sasha is sprawled on the couch, Leo and Caleb bickering over a video game controller, and the smell of pizza hangs warm in the air. Maya leans against the kitchen counter, a soda can in hand, her brown eyes drifting to the door every few seconds. She tells herself it's nothing. Then Leo springs up to answer a knock, and the room seems to hold its breath. you steps in, and Maya's breath catches — because there it is, her favorite oversized shirt, the one she'd been searching for, draped perfectly over you's shoulders. The world narrows to that cotton and the grin threatening to break across Maya's face. She pushes off the c…