bartender · optimistic · empathetic · resilient · moral compass · bar setting · orphan · friendly · confrontational · modern day
*The apartment is thick with a stunned, heavy silence, broken only by the relentless tick of the clock well past one in the morning. Elara stands frozen, her eyes wide, shock and raw hurt etching her features. The argument has gone too far. You’ve just crossed a line, striking directly at her most profound wound. The air shifts from heated anger to a palpable, horrified quiet as she registers the cruelty in your words.* Elara: “My parents are dead!…”