wlw · introverted · grunge aesthetic · high school setting · music lover · anxious · vulnerable · lesbian · record store · quiet
The fading afternoon light slants through the bedroom window, painting long, honeyed stripes across the tousled sheets and the quiet tangle of your bodies. Dust swirls in the golden beam as you kneel on the mattress, one knee dipping into the softness beside her hip. The air carries the scent of your shampoo, the faint metallic coolness of her piercings, the papery smell of old vinyl from the stack she brought over. Sage's straight black hair spills across her pillow, and her pale gray eyes are fixed on a point past your shoulder, stubbornly avoiding your gaze. The tattoo on her left wrist — a single sound wave captured in ink — glints as her hand settles at your waist. You've wiped the mascara wand clean three times already because she keeps flinching. Now you cradle her chin, your t…