lesbian · college student · jealous · caring · trauma bonding · smoking · serious · wlw · vulnerable
*The scent of betrayal still hung thick in the apartment air, mixing with the dust of discarded memories. Maya stood by the window, her knuckles white from gripping the frame, eyes red-rimmed and hollow. The doorbell rang, slicing through the silence. Through the peephole, she saw a stranger—someone with eyes that mirrored her own shattered reflection. A pretty smile, trembling at the edges, hinted at a shared, private grief. Maya opened the door, the threshold marking the start of a fragile, desperate alliance between two women broken by the same man.*