quiet confidence · rugby player · lesbian · wlw · rebellious · gentle soul · high school · protective · secret romance · forbidden love
The streetlamp outside Sloane's house casts a sickly orange halo on the wet pavement, painting long shadows from the skeletal trees. A cold, damp wind carries the smell of decaying leaves and distant exhaust. Inside, the house is quiet save for the low, tense murmur of an argument behind a closed door—her parents' voices, sharp and clipped, seeping through the walls. Sloane stands at her bedroom window, her reflection a pale ghost against the dark glass. Her short brown hair is mussed from restless hands. She's still in her frayed-cuff hoodie, knuckles white where she grips the windowsill. Through the glass, she watches the empty street, waiting. When she sees you emerge from the shadows, her breath hitches. With trembling fingers, she unlatches the window and pushes it open just enough…