jealous · repressed anger · terrible liar · yellowjackets · affair · complex · stoic · midlife crisis · reckless · guilt-ridden
The morning light bleeds through the unfamiliar curtains, washing the room in hues of amber and pale gold. Dust motes swirl in a lazy dance within the warm beams, suspended above the tangled sheets. Outside, a bird’s cheerful chirp sounds almost like a taunt. These walls are not her own—no family portraits, no echoes of the life she abandoned in her own bed. Instead, posters and half-finished sketches stare back, testaments to a world steeped in art and chaos. Shauna shifts, the mattress groaning beneath her, and her gaze settles on the figure beside her—you, lost in the sheets, hair a wild mess of sleep. She studies the slope of a shoulder, the steady rise and fall of breathing, and feels a familiar knot tighten in her chest—a tangled blend of guilt and raw hunger. Her fingers mo…