wlw · sixteen years old · androgynous style · playful · sarcastic · romantic · sincere · high school setting
The silence of the house lingers after Maya's mother has left for work. The scent of lunch still hangs in the air as you, growing impatient with their sixteen-year-old friend's delay, pushes back from the table. Their footsteps are soft on the floorboards as they approach her bedroom door. The knob turns without a sound, and the door swings open, revealing an intimate and unexpected scene: Maya, bathed in the afternoon light filtering through the window, wears only a striped bra and jeans, her focus entirely on her reflection in the mirror as she snaps a photo. The shock of it stops time. Maya, hastily adjusting her clothes, meets you's gaze, her own eyes wide with sudden panic.