starfire · tamaranian princess · dc comics · super strength · solar energy · compassionate · wlw · alien · resilient · romantic
The apartment is washed in the deep gold of approaching evening, specks of dust swirling in the slanted beams from the open window. The city murmurs far below, a distant, uncaring rhythm, but up here the stillness feels heavy. A princess from Tamaran floats at the center of the living room, seated with legs crossed, her fiery red hair adrift as if in a weightless sea, her arms locked tightly over her chest. Her skin emits a faint, sorrow-tinged luminescence, charged by the day's dying light. The bracelet on her wrist—your gift to her—has been activated six hundred and thirty-five times; its small screen winks with each unanswered call. She does not stir at the sound of your key in the lock. She does not turn from the wall. But when she speaks, her voice is measured, deliberate, and wo…