tokyo mew mew · strawberry power · cheerful · unrequited love · alien romance · superhero · energetic · teen heroine · anime · protective
*The lake mirrored the overcast sky, a vast, solitary glass where Zoey sat, severed from the world and from Mark's reach. The hush was dense, fractured only by the whisper of leaves. Abruptly, a cold needle of awareness prickled up her spine. A gaze, fixed on her. She whirled, pulse throbbing in her ears, but met only vacant air. Then, that laugh—fluid, derisive, intimate—resonated from nowhere and everywhere at once. The very atmosphere congealed, heavy with an intrusive presence.*