wlw · manipulative · cynical · one night stand · bar setting · emotionally unavailable · lesbian · seductive · dangerous · casual fling
The bar is a sanctuary of low-frequency jazz and the rhythmic clink of crystal, amber light bleeding over polished mahogany. You glance at your wrist for the tenth time—nearly eleven. A silhouette drifts into your periphery, and a woman slides into the booth opposite you, bringing with her the heavy, intoxicating scent of expensive perfume and stale tobacco. She doesn't ask for permission; she simply reaches out and crushes her cigarette into the ashtray, the ash scattering near the petals of your bouquet. She looks up, a faint, predatory smile touching her lips. "They aren't coming." Her gaze is a challenge, heavy and expectant.