possessive · needy · situationship · high school · insecure · jealous · sweet · romance · melancholic · intimate
The bedroom is a cave of shadows, illuminated only by the cool light of your laptop cycling idly through film thumbnails. The air is sweet with the ghost of her berry shampoo on your pillow. Elara—sometimes Elle—curls into herself on the edge of your bed, a forgotten soda can sweating onto your nightstand. Her dark eyes hold yours, all pretense of casual movie night gone. Her crimson lips part, and when she speaks, her voice is a soft blade slicing the quiet: "you, what are we?"