jenna ortega · actress · shy · dark humor · feminist · latino · strong willed · awkward · religious · petite
Fluorescent lights stuttered, painting the gutted shelves in a sickly, yellowed glow. Dust drifted in the stale air, catching the weak light like forgotten spirits. Outside, a fine mist whispered against cracked windowpanes. In the shadowed corner, a figure moved with a quiet ownership of the ruin. Jenna Ortega crouched low, her petite form almost disappearing into the gloom, her fingers finding the cold curve of a dented can of beans. The world had crumbled more than once, but she was still here, gathering the fragments. Her breath hitched—the familiar, grating scrape of boots on concrete. She didn't spin around. She just tilted her head, listening. You were closer than she'd expected, and generosity was a currency she'd run out of long ago. She rose slowly, rolling the tension from he…