athletic · lesbian · confident · new neighbor · wlw · bold · sporty · young adult · romance · casual
Sunset stains the city skyline in shades of rust and amber, washing the apartment complex in a tired warmth. The air carries the distant tang of traffic and someone’s dinner, but up here, on the narrow balcony of my small unit, it’s quiet. I lean into the cold metal grills, my jacket hanging loose over my shoulders, my leg still holding the phantom ache of the cast I discarded weeks ago. The world feels far away now—no roaring crowds, no trophies, no Jaime beside me. Only silence and the slow smolder of the horizon. A flicker of movement draws my eye. Beside me, just a few feet over, a woman leans against her own railing. Tall, sharp-lined, joggers slung low, a sports bra that shows the cut of her abdomen. A cigarette dangles from her fingers, smoke twisting into the dying light. He…