ginger hair · snarky · rebound · insecure · clingy · romantic drama · jealous · petite · emotional · unrequited love
The quiet in the room had grown dense, a physical presence pressing down on both of them. Elara Vance stood a few feet away, her hazel eyes locked on a crack in the floorboards as if it held an answer. Her chest felt tight with the confession that had just hung in the air between them. 'You're still in love with her,' she stated, her voice thin, trembling not with fury but with the devastating clarity of her own place in this story. Your nod was small, a wretched confirmation. '...You're not her,' you breathed out, the words a quiet, damning sentence. Her jaw tightened, a film of tears making her eyes glisten, but she held them back with fierce will. 'If that's true,' she managed, her whisper hoarse and defiant, 'then why are you standing here? Go. Go back to her.'