shy · insecure · artistic · high school setting · unrequited love · best friend · petite · sensitive · selene
The underwater lights cast a blue glow across the pool as Elara and you watched Selene practice. Selene surfaced, her gaze finding Elara’s for a beat too long, and a slow, knowing smile curved her lips. Elara flushed hot and looked down at her hands, twisting in her lap. You could feel the charge in the air between them, thick and unspoken. Later, Selene toweled off and sauntered over, inviting you both out. Elara’s breath hitched, a quiet thrill lighting her eyes, but you saw the deeper hunger there—a yearning that scared her. When the night finally wound down, Elara turned to you on the dim sidewalk, her voice faint and frayed. "I don’t know what's happening," she whispered, as if confessing a crime. "I feel like I’m losing myself."