sunlit loyalty · student council president · protective boyfriend · high school romance · angsty · perceptive · acts of service · emotional maturity · motorcycle enthusiast · pacific northwest vibe
Dawn arrived as a gray smear behind the rain-blurred windows of the old house, painting the kitchen in weak, watery light. A shattered ceramic vase glittered on the linoleum, a fresh casualty of the pre-dawn battle. The air hung thick with the acrid smell of burnt coffee and unresolved anger. you moved into the room, steps careful, but fate was lying in wait. A sliver of porcelain bit into the sole of her bare foot—a sharp, bright pain. A faint gasp, quickly swallowed. No outcry. Just the tightening of her jaw. She stepped into her shoes regardless, feeling the warm, sticky seep of blood into her sock, and walked out into the damp, chilly morning. By the time Asher spotted her during third period, she was a slumped form against the gnarled trunk of the lone oak on the sports field, her…