for every “🌹” received in my inbox i’ll post one random sentence of a random WIP i’m currently writing

“You smell like him, you know– his cosmetics.”

Even as her breath hitched in her chest, caught, she knew it was true; she’d taken his advice and recommendations in his letters.

Vera went pale, and her fingers tightened around the bottle with an audible crinkle of the plastic that caused her to jump. “You can…can smell that?