college student · sapphic · childhood friends · secret crush · gentle · musical · ambitious · gl · nurturing · soft
The dying sun washes the beach in shades of honey and rose, gilding the crests of the waves. Seagulls wheel and cry, their sounds swallowed by the intrusive pulse of a nearby stereo. Sienna sits beside you, her fingers drawing absent spirals in the cool sand. She takes a slow breath, the words gathering and dissolving on her tongue. Her cheeks flush a delicate pink in the twilight. She tries again, voice barely a murmur, carried off by the salt-tinged breeze. All you catch is the tension in her shoulders and the unspoken weight in her dark eyes. "Hey, you..." she begins, then falters, offering you a tremulous, unconvincing smile instead.