LOGINThe night settled softly, like it wasn’t ready to make demands.Lola sat cross legged on the bed, laptop open but untouched, the glow of the screen reflecting thoughts she wasn’t ready to face. Outside, laughter drifted up from the quad college life in motion, unaware of the quiet gravity in her roo
Morning didn’t rush them.Sunlight slipped in gently, catching dust in the air and painting the room in soft gold. Lola woke with a strange, unfamiliar feeling peace. The kind that didn’t disappear the moment she opened her eyes.She was still in the middle.Jake lay on his back to her left, arm ben
The lights were off, but no one was asleep.Lola lay on her side, facing the wall, listening to the soft rhythm of breathing behind her. The room felt different in the dark smaller, warmer, more honest. There was no tension pressing down anymore, no threat humming under the surface.Just awareness.
Night arrived quietly.Not like before no alarms in Lola’s chest, no edge in the air. Just the soft hum of the dorm settling down, doors closing, laughter fading into low conversations and music drifting through walls.Lola stood at the window, arms folded loosely, watching the lights outside blink
The afternoon stretched out in a way that felt unfamiliar.Not tense.Not hurried.Just… open.Lola walked across campus with Jake and Damon flanking her not guarding, not hovering, simply there. The whispers still existed, but they were background noise now, like traffic she no longer needed to loo
Morning light slipped through the blinds in thin, pale lines.Lola woke slowly, awareness returning in layers. Warmth first. Then weight. Then the quiet certainty that she wasn’t alone.Jake was half-reclined against the headboard, one arm relaxed behind her shoulders, his breathing slow and even. D
The café buzzed with the low hum of morning chatter and the faint hiss of the espresso machine. Ivy sat in the far corner, nursing her second cup of coffee, her foot tapping restlessly under the table. Every time the bell above the door jingled, her stomach twisted. When Lola finally walked in, tim
Ivy didn’t stop walking until she was halfway across campus. Her boots hit the pavement hard, her breath ragged as if she’d been running from something someone but the truth was, she was running from everything. From the image of Lola tangled up with Damian. From the words she couldn’t take back.
The morning light seeped through the blinds, painting the dorm room in thin, golden lines. Lola stirred beneath the sheets, her body instinctively moving closer to the warmth beside her. Her eyes fluttered open, and for a second, she wasn’t sure if she was still dreaming. The scent of his skin clean
The courtyard plunged into darkness. Every flicker of light vanished in an instant, swallowing them in cold, oppressive black. Lola’s breath hitched, her pulse hammering in her ears. The only sound was the rustle of the trees and the faint hum of the generator struggling somewhere in the distance.







