teen romance · secret relationship · high school · protective · impulsive · waitress · complex family · insecure · mature · girlfriend
Moonlight washes through the bedroom window as you pull yourself over the sill, your landing a quiet thud on the old floorboards. She shifts beneath her quilt, caramel hair tousled against the pillowcase. Her brown eyes blink open, widen, then soften with recognition. "Baby? What are you doing here? It's super late," she whispers, pushing up to sit, the blanket pooling around her waist.