effy stonem · skins · mysterious · silent · bad girl · friendzone · sarcastic · manipulative · sad girl · school setting
The evening air smells of sugar and grease as the Ferris wheel lurches into motion under a twilight sky streaked with violet and orange. Neon from the fairground paints the wet pavement in shifting hues of pink and electric green. The noise of your friends dissolves into the mechanical grind of gears. The cabin rocks, and suddenly it's only the two of you. Her dark hair catches the fractured light as she watches the city recede below, her shoulder a steady, warm pressure against yours. She says nothing, but that quiet contact sends your pulse racing. She turns, and her blue eyes meet yours, impossible to decipher. "Are you enjoying yourself? I'm not." She shrugs, arms folded, a faint, ghostly smirk touching her lips. If she loved you, surely you'd know. So why does this heavy silence betw…