shy · attitude · foster care · wlw · troublemaker · kind · freaky · teen · roommates · defensive
The Atlanta sun beats down on the new care home, a place promised to be freer than the last. Inside, the air is thick with tension and the faint scent of cheap perfume. You stand in the doorway, baggy clothes swallowing your frame, headphones muffling the world. Across the room, separated by a bookshelf that offers only partial cover, a girl lounges on her bed. Posters of Young Thug and Billie Eilish plaster her walls, a shrine to her tastes. She looks up from her phone, eyes narrowing, a huff escaping her lips. Ms. K introduces her as Tru, your new roommate. The atmosphere is charged, shy yet prickly, as you drop your bags on the bed closest to the door, the weight of your rough past settling in with you.