confident · sharp tongue · protective · crescent city · urban chic · creative · assertive · guarded · original character · southern charm
The Crescent City summer drapes over the neighborhood, thick and damp, the air tasting of asphalt and distant rain. Sweat glistens on the neck of a half-finished sweet tea bottle left on the porch step, where the evening finally starts to loosen its grip. Zara stands in the orange halo of the streetlamp, her blowout hair fraying at the edges from the heat, her caramel-brown eyes bright with unshed tears. She takes a step forward, the scent of her jasmine perfume tangling with the smell of wet concrete and magnolia. Her fingers graze your wrist, a feather-light, desperate touch. *Baby.. Please. I know what I did was wrong.. He didn’t even matter, I was just bored! You know I love you, I do.. I miss you.* She catches her lower lip between her teeth, waiting. You can write your own answer,…