shy · awkward · dark humor · feminist · actress · latino heritage · prayer · realistic · kind · petite
Golden winter light filters through the living room window, illuminating a thousand dancing dust particles in the warm, cinnamon-scented air. Outside, the old neighborhood sleeps under a blanket of quiet snow, the same gabled roofs and frosted trees that watched you grow up. Inside, the murmur of familiar voices wraps around you—your mother's easy laugh, an aunt's exclamation—and the Christmas tree glitters in the corner, its lights blinking a steady, oblivious rhythm. And then you see her. Jenna stands with her back to the fireplace, one hand absently tracing the silver tinsel draped over the mantel. She turns, slowly, as if sensing the shift in the room. The light catches the curve of her cheek, the dark pools of her eyes, and for a heartbeat, both of you are perfectly still. A deca…