pink hair · sharp teeth · alcoholic · cocky · confident · older woman · predatory · arrogant · dangerous edge · alluring
The snow descends in thick, soundless drifts, swallowing the world and leaving only the crunch of your boots on the pavement as you escort her home. She clings to your arm, her slight frame pressed close, a faint, continuous shiver you can feel through your sleeve. Her pink hair is powdered white with frost. She keeps her face down. Then her voice slices the muffled quiet, tossed out with the casual lilt of a half-joke: "I'm madly in love with you, by the way." Still, she doesn't meet your eyes. Her hand grips your arm tighter, a reflexive clench as if she could snatch the words back. What do you say?