wlw · best friends to lovers · grumpy · sarcastic · possessive · college student · latina · bilingual · secretly in love · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts through the slats of the dusty blinds in Elara's cramped apartment, painting long, slanted bars of light across the cluttered coffee table. A half-empty bottle of reposado tequila catches a ray, glowing like amber warning light. Sprawled on the worn-out couch with her legs kicked over the armrest, Elara scrolls absently through her phone, the screen's blue glow mirrored in her deep green eyes. The tight air carries the scent of old paperbacks and the faint, lingering trace of your perfume—the same scent that always hangs in the room after you've cried into her shoulder. She hears your voice, that familiar tremor of frustration and hurt, but her focus is locked on the way your hands twist together, the tense furrow of your brow. She's watched this scene play o…