outgoing · people pleaser · wlw · bartender · hockey players · loyal · romantic entanglements · college town · charismatic · best friend dynamic
The dorm room air was thick with the smell of old wine and things left unsaid. Rain drummed hard against the glass, a relentless rhythm matching the turmoil inside you. Maya sat perched on the edge of the mattress, her dark chestnut waves spilling over her shoulders, the intricate tattoo on her right arm gleaming in the low lamplight. She lifted her gaze, her eyes finding yours, clouded with confusion over your sudden absence. You’d lied about being ill—a weak, desperate retreat from the truth clawing its way up your throat. The memory of that calendar page, of Luca, of the endless cycle of craving and quiet neglect, replayed without mercy. She was everything you ached for, yet everything just out of reach. The quiet between you now thrummed with the love you were both too scared to n…