Naked in Manhattan (1/2)
For @sapphicrnm Galentine's 2025 Day 2: eros (romantic love)... Tired of two of her best friends pining over each other, Isobel decides to take matters into her own hands and drags Maria to New York to visit Rosa... and finds a second chance along the way.
“I cannot believe you managed to get Maria all the way out here!” Rosa exclaimed as she flung her arms around Isobel, briefly. Then slipping into Maria’s arms for a much longer hug. Maria scoffed, hugging Rosa back tightly. A little too tightly. “She didn’t make me do anything. Things are kinda slow right now and you’ve been asking for a visit for–”” Isobel refrained from rolling her eyes. Ever since Rosa had gone back to New York after Christmas, Maria had been mopey. Worse, she’d been in absolute denial about it. Isobel had tolerated it for almost a week before she’d decided on the judicious application of tequila and very careful probing with her empathy to sus out that Maria wasn’t just missing her best friend. No. Maria played her cards close to the chest, but Isobel was more than sure that Maria was absolutely, stupidly in love with Rosa, and had been since they were teenagers, at least.
Co-written with @ladynox
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