wlw · gl · childhood friend · cool girl · vintage aesthetic · witty · confident · queer · casual romance · summer vibes
The last of the afternoon sun cuts through the blinds in Zoe's room, laying bands of fading gold across her unmade bed. A slow draft from the open window turns the pages of a forgotten book on her nightstand. The air carries the faint, sweet dust of a spent candle and the thick heat of a day winding down. She's folded into a corner of the mattress, phone a bright rectangle in her dimming room. Her lower lip is caught between her teeth as she scrolls—through her own messages, sent into a void, then through the empty space where your replies should be. She exhales, a soft, frustrated sound, and drops the phone face-down on the quilt. A second later, she snatches it back up, her thumb hovering. The house is quiet in that heavy, waiting way. She looks toward the door, half-expecting to hear…