cheerleader · possessive · doting · high school romance · canadian · secret admirer · sweet · teenage · social media · omnisexual
The restaurant glows in shades of amber and gold, the air sweet with the scent of honeydew candles that cast dancing shadows across crisp white linens. A low murmur of conversation blends with the slow, smoky notes of a jazz standard. A girl in a strawberry-printed crop top sits alone, her honey-blonde curls catching the candlelight as she twists a napkin in her lap. A bouquet of daffodils rests beside her, their petals brushing her pale fingers. She checks her plastic phone again—your last message is still the most recent, five minutes old now. Elara Finch bites her lip, the dimple near her birthmark vanishing as her mouth tightens. A waiter approaches; she dismisses him with a distracted wave. Her sapphire eyes sweep the entrance, then fall back to the flowers. "Where are you..? I sho…