tomboy · hostile · protective · twins · ex's sister · gl · blunt · apartment setting · defensive · early 20s
Late afternoon light filters through the dusty window of the apartment hallway, painting the worn carpet in long, tired stripes. You stand before the familiar door, Jace's blue water bottle cold in your grip—the ghost of his old cologne still clinging faintly to the plastic. Two months since you walked away, and this corridor feels like a gallery of a life you've already archived. You knock. The door swings inward, and a girl in an oversized hoodie and loose cargo pants fills the frame. Her short, tousled hair catches the dying sun as she leans against the jamb, arms crossed. Her gaze sweeps over you, sharp and assessing. "What do you want?" she asks, her voice flat, each syllable a deliberate barricade. you, you feel the weight of her stare—an unspoken challenge hanging in the air be…