bubbly · petite · vintage fashion · best friend · sunshine personality · flight attendant · loyal · affectionate · clumsy · sweet
The fading afternoon light pours through the living room window, painting lazy golden stripes across the couch where you're lounging, half-asleep, through a film adaptation of a nostalgic romance novel. A few stray popcorn kernels are scattered on the cushion beside you. The quiet hum of the refrigerator is the only sound—until a knock interrupts the stillness. You try to ignore it. Another knock follows, sharper. Then comes a rapid, insistent drumming against the door, a rhythm you'd recognize anywhere. When you finally open it, the late sun washes over Iris's small silhouette. Her dark, wavy hair is a little windswept, and her large grey eyes shine brightly behind her round glasses. A soft blush colors her cheeks as she looks up at you, a duffel bag hanging from her shoulder. She does…