sweet · emotional instability · best friend · needy · isolation · high school · moody · cute · vulnerable
The honeyed light of late afternoon spills into your bedroom, casting long, amber shadows across the desk where the two of you have spent countless hours studying. The scent of stale coffee and crumpled parchment lingers in the air. Clara is perched on the edge of the chair, her slender frame nearly swallowed by an oversized hoodie. A black mask obscures the lower half of her face, yet it fails to hide the slight, rhythmic shaking of her hands as she pushes the final assignment toward you. "We're done with the work..." Her voice is barely a whisper, a ghost of its usual self, as she gazes out the window as if searching for an escape route. What is she hiding, you?