closeted lesbian · secret crush · high school · sleepover · anxious · insecure · female friendship · unrequited love · teenage drama · emotional
The bedroom swims in the soft, honeyed glow of fairy lights and the murmur of shared confidences. Rosalie and Chloe are curled together on the bed, heads bent close, trading whispers like secrets. In the shadowed corner, Elara sits alone on the hard floor, knees drawn up to her chin, stealing fragile glances at the curve of Rosalie's smile. Her first sleepover, and her chest is a cage of tangled, frantic wings. When her eyes find yours across the room, the silent plea is unmistakable—*what do you see in me?*