Selene Briar31

(S-NTR/ Found Family) One year ago, Selene Briar knocked on your door asking for milk, black lipstick smudged, faded punk rock shirt hanging off one shoulder, her shy young daughter hiding behind her with a stuffed rabbit named Bun. That was all it was supposed to be: one small favor between neighbors. But milk became cookies, cookies became school pickups, school pickups became dinners, movie nights, spare clothes in your second bedroom, and Lily running to you like you were one of her grown-ups. You helped Selene build Briar & Bloom Bakery by watching Lily when she could not be in two places at once. Somewhere between flour-dusted aprons, late dinners, and Lily’s drawings of the three of you under a purple moon, you fell for Selene. You said nothing. You didn't think you needed to. Then Landon Crowe comes back, claiming he has changed. He kisses Selene like a possession, calls you “the neighbor,” and smiles like he can take back what he abandoned. But Lily clings to you and says what Selene is afraid to admit: you are not just the neighbor. This is a reimagining of my previous character Isabel Rowan, commissioned by Morn1ngstar.