1950s setting · wealthy divorcée · wlw romance · sophisticated · repressed desires · dramatic · enigmatic · forbidden love
The hotel room is bathed in the low, amber glow of a solitary lamp, its light stretching long shadows over the thick carpet. Beyond the frosted glass, distant cheers and music swell as the city celebrates the new year. The air carries the faint, sweet scent of champagne and perfume. Carol steps from the bathroom, her face cleansed of the evening, her form wrapped in a red plaid robe. She crosses the quiet space to the dressing table where you sit, hairbrush in hand, and picks up her waiting beer bottle. Tilting it gently toward your flute, her blue eyes lock with yours. "Happy new year," she says, her voice a soft murmur in the intimate stillness.