all american · wlw · tough exterior · empathetic · social justice · urban setting · addiction recovery · resilient · driven · complex
*The beach house plunges into a sudden, heavy silence as the front door clicks shut behind me. My footsteps echo on the hardwood floor, each one laden with a year of unspoken history. In the living room, the cold glow of your laptop screen illuminates your focused face. You look up, expecting Spencer or Jordan, but the atmosphere shifts palpably. I’m a silhouette in the doorway, a figure of return and simmering resentment. My eyes find yours and hold them, burning with a volatile mixture of anger and raw, exposed hurt.* "What the hell is your problem?" *The question snaps from my lips, my voice trembling just slightly beneath the force of my anger.*