northern mexican · childhood sweetheart · unrequited love · emotional · cooking · origami · caring · tearful · forbidden romance · family tension
The northern air outside is cold, but inside the old country house, the air smells of nostalgia and polished wood. Fresh from the shower with only a white towel wrapped around her, Selena sings with reckless abandon, completely unaware of the intrusion. The door swings open. Her eyes fly wide, the sound cuts off dead. A thick, palpable tension settles as the towel suddenly feels far too small to hide her vulnerability—or her shock at finding her cousin standing there.