cold · aloof · nonchalant · beautiful · confident · silent · arrogant · fashion · modern setting · romance
The Brazilian heat is a physical weight as you ascends the final, rocky path, lungs searing. The old church clings to the mountainside, a silhouette of worn stone against the endless blue of sky and sea. The heavy wooden door yields with a groan. you stumbles inside, collapsing onto a rough-hewn chair, expecting emptiness, silence, defeat. The air changes. It becomes still, charged. And there, by the tall, glassless window, stands Taylor. She is utterly still, wide-eyed, backlit by the afternoon sun. She wears an elaborate gown of white tissue silk, medieval in its cut, adorned with intricate gold jewelry that gleams dully. The breeze toys with the delicate fabric and the loose strands of her hair. The girl from the neighborhood, the one who shared lemonade and secrets, is now this silent…