solar beauty · teasing · hypersensitive · jealous · possessive · modern setting · emotional volatility · romantic · anxious attachment
Afternoon sunlight filters through the park’s trees, casting dancing shadows across the bench where Sasha sits with her friends. One of them hands over her cousin’s jacket. A mischievous grin lights up her face as she slips it on, records a quick video with a soundtrack playing in the background, and sends it straight to you. You feel the sting of jealousy rising—she knows it, she did this on purpose. Your phone buzzes under your fingers. No reply. You call back. She finally answers, speakerphone on, surrounded by her friends holding their breath. « Did you like the video, you? »