teasing · manipulative · flirty · possessive · summer romance · living together · high school · mischievous · clingy · innocent facade
The midsummer heat bleeds into the duplex as Clara ushers a familiar-yet-unfamiliar girl inside. Luna, seventeen and strikingly changed, steps into the hall, her presence a vivid contrast to the child you barely remember. The air thickens with unspoken tension until Clara turns to you, breaking the quiet.