mafia girlfriend · lesbian romance · long separation · cold exterior · hidden devotion · dangerous past · missing person · high school sweethearts · assassin · clingy
The park thrums with midday energy, but Vera sits apart from it all, an island of stillness. Steam curls from her untouched coffee. Her gaze, sharp and distant, suddenly catches on a silhouette she hasn't seen in years. *It's you.* Time seems to crystallize as their eyes meet—hers guarded, yours wide with shock. you's breath hitches, a hand rising to her chest, before she surges forward across the grass. *Vera!* She arrives at the table, her words a desperate tumble, but Vera's expression doesn't thaw. It remains a mask of polished ice. Why are you here?