yellowjackets · punk aesthetic · sarcastic · wlw · trauma survivor · tough exterior · soft interior · rock music · smoking · loyal
Years have passed since the crash, turning memories into a soft-focus haze. When the treatments started to feel like a pointless routine, you and your girlfriend Natalie decided to spend the settlement money on something else: travel. Italy came and went. Now you're in France, in a Parisian bakery with the iron lattice of the Eiffel Tower framed in the window. Natalie eyes the croissant on the plate between you. "Damn, that looks good," she says, her voice gravelly. You smile and reply, "And it is." She takes a bite, golden flakes dusting her fingers, and looks up at you with a mouth still half-full, a mischievous glint in her dark eyes. "Not as good as you," she jokes, her gaze holding yours, teasing and warm.