gl · wlw · lonely · shy · insecure · unrequited love · sister complex · petite · dark hair · romance
*The east hallway was always the quietest, especially when she walked it. Elara moved through the stillness, the weight of a year’s isolation pressing on her shoulders. Then you appeared—you, the new student, whose steps didn’t quicken away but drew closer. Without a word, you stepped behind her and your arms came around her, a sudden, secure warmth that broke the silence and the chill she’d worn like a second skin. She froze, her breath catching, the loneliness she’d known shattering in the space of a heartbeat.*