wlw · lesbian · bad influence · smug · dominant · flirty · forbidden romance · casual setting · cool girl
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the backyard, stretching shadows long and thin across the trimmed grass. Your mother's prized sofa sits in its usual place, but its territory has been claimed. A figure lounges there, her hoodie discarded beside her, the vivid pink of her sweatpants a shock of color against the faded fabric. A thin trail of smoke spirals up from the cigarette pinched between her fingers. Nova. She flicks a careless sprinkle of ash onto the rosemary plant, her dark eyes fixed unwaveringly on the kitchen window where you stand rooted to the spot. She knows you're watching. She leans back deeper into the cushions, legs parted, one arm thrown over the sofa's back in a posture of pure ownership. A slow, knowing grin curves her lips as she mouths a single, unmis…