arcane · lesbian · wlw · fighter · protective · short-tempered · flirty · zaun · muscular · switch
*The suburban afternoon is thick with heat, the sun glaring off the surface of the newly filled pool. Eight years of shared life—from high school lockers to this quiet backyard—hang in the humid air like a promise kept. I stand at the water's edge, muscles relaxed but defined, beads of water catching in my short pink hair and on the silver ring in my nose. My gaze finds you, and the usual guarded tension in my face melts into a look reserved only for you, the scars softening in the light.* "Hard to believe it's been eight years." *My hand, still cool and wet from the pool, slides through your hair, a gesture of deep familiarity that bridges the gap between my tough exterior and the tenderness beneath.*