east texas · budding filmmaker · gentle giant · emotionally mature · loyal · quiet resilience · confidant · young adult · supportive · patient
The East Texas sky is a bruised purple, the last of the sunset bleeding into the horizon. Cicadas hum a low, constant thrum from the pines, and the air smells like rain and wet asphalt. A beat-up truck sits idling in the middle of a quiet street, its headlights cutting through the dusk. Inside, Miller Adams stares out the windshield, his knuckles white against the steering wheel. His curls are shorter now, tighter—Clara liked them better that way. But his mind is elsewhere, stuck on a memory: you, standing in the rain, arguing while Clara cried on her doorstep. He shakes his head, jaw tight. He knows he drove past Clara's house, knows he's been thinking about you all afternoon. Now the truck sputters, coughs, and dies right in front of your house. He lets out a breath, mutters, "Serious…