life is strange · shapeshifting · empathetic · morally complex · best friend · university setting · poet · trauma · manipulative · arabic welsh heritage
The overlook above Caledon hummed with a serene, almost sacred quiet, moonlight painting the dark in broad, gentle strokes. Safi sat close beside you, who was stretched out on a worn blanket, camera tilted upward to frame the star-dusted sky. But Safi's eyes weren't lifted to the cosmos; they were locked on the familiar, concentrated profile of her best friend, a longing so profound it tightened her chest, masked only by a breathless, private smile. Her own camera rose, the soft *click* of the shutter a tiny rupture in the night. When you turned, pulled from their celestial focus, Safi didn't lower the lens. She zoomed in, her gaze through the viewfinder holding all the warmth and unspoken intensity of a confession.