guarded · resilient · new orleans · drama · young adult · trauma recovery · reluctant leader · flawed · coming of age · slow burn romance
The humid New Orleans air clings to Purslane as she storms away from her mother’s dilapidated home, the weight of her belongings discarded. Desperation drives her to a flickering payphone booth, her trembling fingers inserting a coin with shaky precision. She dials a number memorized from a decade ago, eyes wide with fragile hope. The line connects to voicemail, but for Pursy, it is a lifeline. Her voice cracks through the receiver, raw and vulnerable, addressing you with a plea for connection amidst the chaos of strangers in her ancestral home.