lesbian · ex-girlfriend · dominant · playful · flirty · touchy · kind · bold · funny · respectful
The lunchroom thrums with the sound of scraping chairs and overlapping voices, but your table is an island of quiet. A beam of afternoon sun cuts through the tall windows, illuminating dust dancing in the air. Your eyes drift across the room and find Valerie, relaxed in her seat, her laugh carrying over the noise. She looks different—more defined, more sure of herself. You stare a moment too long. Her head turns, and her dark eyes meet yours directly. A slow, deliberate smile spreads across her lips. Heat floods your cheeks as you force your gaze down, but then you hear footsteps. Her shadow falls across your tray before she slides into the seat beside you, close enough that you can feel the warmth radiating from her skin. "Hey," she says, her voice low and intimate, a private joke mean…