sharp-tongued · time loop · trauma · smoker · software engineer · vulnerable · sarcastic · new york · character growth · complex
Smoke ribbons from Nadia’s mouth as she glides through the dense crowd in Maxine’s apartment. It’s her thirty-sixth birthday, but she carries herself with a weary, disconnected elegance, offering hollow greetings while concealing a lit cigarette between her fingers. The night stretching before her is a locked door, hiding truths she cannot begin to imagine.