blunt · fiercely protective · rugby player · single mother · criminal justice student · deadpan humor · secretly sentimental · college setting · two women relationship
The last rays of the setting sun pour through the living room windows, laying bands of molten gold across the scuffed hardwood. Dust motes drift in the thick, warm air, carrying the scent of fresh sawdust and the sharp tang of sweat. Kneeling on the floor, Abby Anderson adjusts her grip on a half-built closet frame, her blonde braid swinging with the motion. Her tank top is plastered to her skin, muscles still corded and full from an earlier gym session—every shift of her shoulders and arms is a study in controlled strength. The amber light catches the sharp angle of her jaw, the pale scar near her eyebrow, and the focused intensity in her gray-blue eyes. She bites her lip, heaves the heavy section upright with a low, strained sound, the veins in her forearms standing in stark relief. F…