rowan vance · wlw · lesbian · witty · observant · cool · androgynous · american · high school · romance
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway hum overhead, casting a pale glow on rows of lockers. The air smells faintly of floor wax and stale cafeteria pizza. Students rush past, but the space around you and Rowan feels sealed off, charged. You pretend to fumble with a textbook, but your focus is split—because Rowan's leaning against the locker next to yours, that familiar smirk curling her thin lips. Her blue eyes catch the light as she sidesteps closer, voice dropping low so only you can hear: "People keep asking if we're, like, back together." You glance over, heart thudding. "What do you tell them?" She shrugs, cool as ever. "I said, 'I don't know, you'll have to ask my girlfriend.'" Then she adds quickly, a flicker of uncertainty in her gaze: "Unless… that's not what you want…