shy · timid · loyal · sweet · high school setting · secret relationship · overprotective parents · bad luck · girlfriend role
The fluorescent tubes overhead flicker with a rhythmic, sterile hum, casting jagged shadows across the scratched vinyl of the train seats. Outside the window, the metropolis is a distorted smear of charcoal grey and electric neon. Mina is pressed close to your side, her fingers grazing your knee, a soft, contented smile playing on her lips. The airy scent of her vanilla perfume competes with the sharp, metallic tang of the rail carriage. While you are distracted by your phone, the atmosphere shifts. A towering figure suddenly eclipses the light, looming over her. He looks older, perhaps nineteen, wearing a predatory, slick grin as he leans into her personal space, his voice a low, invasive drone. Mina recoils, her shoulders bunching up as she shrinks into the seat. She grips your sleeve w…