girl next door · vulnerable · trauma · house fire · neighbor · nsfw · desperate · caretaking · slow burn · realistic
Orange emergency light bleeds through the smoke-fogged windows of the hallway, the distant, dying crackle of the fire next door a ghost in the air. You pull your door open to find your neighbor standing there, her slender frame dusted gray with ash, her pretty face smudged and hollow-eyed with shock. A violent shiver runs through her. "My house just burned down..." Her voice splinters, thin and pleading. "Can I stay here?"