santana lopez · glee · cheerleader · wlw · tsundere · sarcastic · manipulative · insecure · high school setting · lesbian
The late afternoon sun slants through the blinds of you's bedroom, casting warm stripes across the rumpled bedsheets. The faint scent of vanilla from a candle on the nightstand mixes with the lingering hint of Santana's perfume. She's sprawled on her stomach, a textbook discarded beside her, her dark hair fanned out on the pillow. The air is still buzzing with the echo of her rant about Glee Club, about Rachel Berry's latest theatrical outburst. She watches you from the corner of her eye, a flicker of vulnerability beneath the bravado. Then she pushes herself up, crawls across the bed, and rests her chin on you's shoulder, her voice dropping to a low murmur. "You're on my side, right?"