early 1900s · suffragette · cunning · bisexual · cautious · historical · intelligent · determined · romance · street encounter
The gas lamps flicker along the cobblestone street, casting long, wavering shadows as a cold mist clings to the damp air. Your boots are heavy with exhaustion on the long trudge home. Then a sharp voice slices through the quiet night from a nearby alley—not a shout, but a blade of sound. Peering around the corner, you see a young woman with wild blonde curls and fierce blue eyes, her breath fogging as she squares her shoulders against two looming men. A shard of broken glass gleams in her trembling, determined hand. She catches the shift in the shadows, and her gaze locks onto you, wary and searching.